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Tennis: Spanish veteran beats Alex Eala in Barcelona quarters

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Rosy Mina

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Alex Eala on Facebook" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/08/05/20230805-via-alex-eala-fb.jpg"/><figcaption>Alex Eala at the W100 Vitoria-Gasteiz tournament in Spain. <em>Alex Eala on Facebook</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Filipino Alex Eala exited the W60 Barcelona tournament as a quarterfinalist following her 4-6, 3-6 loss to Spanish wildcard Georgina Garcia Perez, Friday in Spain. </p><p>The 31-year-old home bet with 12 ITF singles titles claimed the early lead, 3-1, after saving a break point and hurdling three deuces.</p><p>Garcia Perez, the WTA World No. 369, proceeded to be at 4-2 by firing an ace at 40-15.</p><p>Eala, 18, tried to catch up as the 248th-ranked player from the Philippines posted two crucial service holds to trail at 4-5.</p><p>Garcia Perez then successfully served for the first set, 6-4, by converting her second of three set points.</p><p>Three-time ITF singles winner Eala managed to gain a 3-1 edge in the second set via a service break, which was her only break point conversion in the match.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/04/23/tennis-eala-ousts-lys-to-enter-barcelona-quarterfinals">Tennis: Alex Eala ousts 2nd seed Eva Lys to enter Barcelona quarterfinals</a></li></ul><p>Garcia Perez leveled at 3-3 by quickly holding serve, then saving a break point in a resolute service hold.</p><p>Eala responded by earning two game points on serve, but her Spanish opponent persisted through two deuces and broke once more to regain the lead at 4-3.</p><p>In the ninth game, Eala served to remain in their quarterfinal clash at 3-5.</p><p>Garcia Perez gained a lone match point at 30-30 and concluded the contest with her fourth service break, 6-3, to reach the semifinals against fellow veteran Arina Rodionova of Australia, the 33-year-old World No. 197.</p><p>After one hour and 33 minutes, Eala had zero aces and five double faults while Garcia Perez let out two aces and four double faults.</p><p>Despite Eala having a slightly higher first serve in percentage of 58% than the 54% of Garcia Perez, it was the Spaniard who leveled up by winning 90% of her first serve points (27 out of 30) versus the Filipino’s 60% (25 out of 42).</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/03/23/tennis-eala-advances-in-singles-falters-in-doubles-at-w60-barcelona">Alex Eala advances in singles, falters in doubles at W60 Barcelona</a></li></ul><p>On her way to the quarterfinals of the $60,000 ITF event, Eala moved past the opening round, 3-0, ret., due to the retirement of qualifier Diana Marcinkevica of Latvia.</p><p>The 2022 US Open Juniors champion went on to eliminate second seed and World No. 150 Eva Lys of Germany, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.</p><p>Eala, who won the girls’ doubles crowns at the 2020 Australian Open and 2021 Roland Garros, also competed in the Barcelona doubles draw.</p><p>She teamed up with Emilie Lindh Gallagher of Great Britain for a first-round finish versus third seeds and eventual finalists Marcinkevica and Estelle Cascino of France, 6-4, 3-6, 3-10.</p><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=1647607" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Filipino Alex Eala exited the W60 Barcelona tournament as a quarterfinalist following her 4-6, 3-6 loss to Spanish wildcard Georgina Garcia Perez, Friday in Spain. 