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Tennis: No. 7 seed ousts Alex Eala from W60 Templeton

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Rosy Mina

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Alex Eala of the Philippines at the 2022 US Open Juniors. Photo courtesy of Alex Eala on Instagram" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/09/30/alex-eala-9302022.jpg"/><figcaption>Alex Eala of the Philippines at the 2022 US Open Juniors. <em>Photo courtesy of Alex Eala on Instagram</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Alexandra “Alex” Eala of the Philippines was eliminated from the W60 Templeton tournament in California after being bested by No. 7 seed Katarzyna Kawa of Poland in the second round, 6-2, 4-6, 0-6.</p><p>The 17-year-old Eala, who recently won the US Open girls’ singles championship, was a wildcard in the $60,000 event on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women’s World Tennis Tour.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/11/22/history-made-alex-eala-wins-us-open-juniors-title">Alex Eala reigns at US Open for first major junior girls&#x27; singles title</a></li></ul><p>Their Thursday afternoon match on the Templeton Tennis Ranch outdoor hard court began with WTA World No. 291 Eala gaining the upper hand, 4-0, after overcoming deuce thrice in the fourth game.</p><p>They exchanged service breaks twice, with Eala claiming the first set, 6-2, after earning two set points.</p><p>Kawa, the 29-year-old WTA World No. 163, bounced back in the second set by breaking serve in the opening game, then racing to a 4-2 lead.</p><p>Eala caught up to 4-4 with a solid service hold and a swift service break, but Kawa broke back after three deuces to serve for the set at 5-4.</p><p>Down 0-40, Kawa saved a total of four break point opportunities to take the set, 6-4, and force a decider.</p><p>The Pole sustained her momentum in the third set where she zoomed to 5-0, gaining several free points from Eala’s double faults, which totaled 13 throughout the match.</p><p>As Kawa was serving for the match, Eala advanced to 40-30 after her Polish opponent committed two double faults.</p><p>The sixth game, which went on to deuce, saw Eala earning five break-point chances and Kawa gaining four match points.</p><p>Kawa successfully served out the match, 6-0, to reach the quarterfinals where she will face 18-year-old American qualifier Robin Montgomery, the 2021 US Open girls’ singles winner. </p><p>Eala kicked off her W60 Templeton campaign with a smashing 6-0, 6-0 win over qualifier Shavit Kimchi of Israel in the first round.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/29/22/tennis-alex-eala-blasts-into-w60-templeton-2nd-round ">Tennis: Alex Eala blasts into W60 Templeton second round</a></li></ul><p>In the doubles draw, she and Alice Robbe of France lost to Americans Madison Brengle and Whitney Osuigwe in the opening round, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-10.</p><p>Up next for the Filipino tennis sensation is the W80 Rancho Sante Fe tilt happening from October 3 to 9 at the Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club in California. </p><p>As of September 30, the 2021 W15 Manacor and 2022 W25 Chiang Rai champion is entered in the qualifying acceptance list of the $80,000 ITF event.</p><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=2264330" 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><div><br/> </div>

The 17-year-old Eala, who recently won the US Open girls’ singles championship, was a wildcard in the $60,000 event on the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour.