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Tennis: Alex Eala, Andorran partner reach W25 Madrid doubles quarterfinals

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Rosy Mina

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/afp/03/25/tennis_alex-eala_afp.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA—Just three days since Alex Eala of the Philippines became a Roland Garros junior girls’ doubles champion, the 16-year-old ace made it to the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour doubles quarterfinals at the $25,000 Madrid tournament Tuesday in Spain.</p><p>Eala, the juniors No. 3 and World No. 630, teamed up with 15-year-old Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva of Andorra, the juniors No. 1 and World No. 713. </p><p>They scored a 6-3, 7-6(3) upset over No. 2 seeds Robin Anderson of the United States and Isabella Shinikova of Bulgaria. Anderson, 28, is the World No. 221 while Shinikova, 29, is the World No. 216.</p><p>At the outdoor hard court of Ciudad de la Raqueta, Eala and Jimenez Kasintseva notched a break to lead at 2-1 and Anderson and Shinikova replied with a break to level at 2-2. </p><p>The Filipino-Andorran tandem broke again to lead at 4-3, then won an easy service game to widen the gap at 5-3. They broke for the third time to clinch the first set, 6-3.</p><p>The American-Bulgarian pair broke in the opening game of the second set, to which the Filipino and Andorran replied with a break. The teen netters broke again in the 6th game to lead at 4-2 and the more experienced players broke back to inch closer at 4-3. The pairs continued to hold serve until 6-6.</p><p>In the tiebreak, the netters carried on with holding serve until the 6th point where Eala and Jimenez Kasintseva secured a mini break to advance to 4-2. </p><p>Anderson and Shinikova held serve in the next point and Eala and Jimenez Kasintseva held serve as well in the next two points to lead at 6-3. The Filipino and Andorran nailed a mini break again to win the match, 7-6(3).</p><p>With the doubles opening round being the Round of 16, Eala and Jimenez Kasintseva are through to the quarterfinals where they will face 24-year-old World No. 485 Ashley Lahey of the United States and 21-year-old World No. 885 Oliviac Tjandramulia of Australia.</p><p>Eala and Jimenez Kasintseva are junior champions in the 2020 Australian Open, with Eala winning the doubles title with Indonesian Priska Madelyn Nugroho and Jimenez Kasintseva bagging the singles title.</p><p>In the W25 Madrid singles draw, junior exempt player Eala will go up against No. 5 seed Andrea Lazaro Garcia of Spain, the 26-year-old World No. 272, in the first round. </p><p>Last Saturday, June 12, No. 1 seeds Eala and Oksana Selekhmeteva of Russia defeated No. 8 seeds Amarissa Kiara Toth of Hungary and Maria Bondarenko of Russia, 6-0, 7-5, in the Roland Garros junior girls’ doubles final. </p><p>In May, Selekhmeteva was Eala’s partner in the W25 Platja D’Aro doubles tournament in Spain where they posted a runner-up finish. The Platja D’Aro was Eala’s first foray into professional doubles. Also in Spain, Eala won her maiden professional title at the first leg of the W15 Manacor tournament in January.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/12/21/alex-eala-french-open-doubles-champion">Alex Eala, Russia’s Selekhmeteva win French Open girls&#x27; doubles title</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/06/21/tennis-former-thai-star-happy-for-philippines-alex-ealas-recent-success">Tennis: Former Thai star happy for Philippines, Alex Eala’s recent success</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1706069" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>MANILA—Just three days since Alex Eala of the Philippines became a Roland Garros junior girls’ doubles champion, the 16-year-old ace made it to the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour doubles quarterfinals at the $25,000 Madrid tournament Tuesday in Spain.<br /> </p>

MANILA—Just three days since Alex Eala of the Philippines became a Roland Garros junior girls’ doubles champion, the 16-year-old ace made it to the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour doubles quarterfinals at the $25,000 Madrid tournament Tuesday in Spain.