Alex Eala of the Philippines and Coco Gauff of the United States. Al Bello, Getty Images/AFP and Thomas Coex, AFP

Alex Eala of the Philippines and Coco Gauff of the United States.

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1746885430796051025_Eala-Gauff.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Alex Eala of the Philippines and Coco Gauff of the United States. Al Bello, Getty Images/AFP and Thomas Coex, AFP"/>Alex Eala of the Philippines and Coco Gauff of the United States. Al Bello, Getty Images/AFP and Thomas Coex, AFP</div>The partnership between Filipina tennis star Alex Eala and Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff is off to a hot start.Eala and world No. 3 Gauff opened their doubles campaign in the 2025 Italian Open with a comprehensive 6-3, 6-1 win over Alexandra Panova of Russia and Fanny Stollár of Hungary on Saturday.It was an impressive performance for the first-time pair, who broke away from a 2-2 deadlock in the opening set by winning three consecutive games, and cruised from there.For Eala, it was also a bounce back result after her disappointing defeat to <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/2025/5/7/kostyuk-overpowers-eala-in-italian-open-first-round-match-1451">Marta Kostyuk</a> in the singles tournament.Gauff and Eala will play the winner of the match between Italy&#x27;s Tyra Grant and Lisa Pigato, and Russia&#x27;s Irina Khromacheva and Kazakhstan&#x27;s Anna Danilina in round-of-16.

The partnership between Filipina tennis star Alex Eala and Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff is off to a hot start.

The partnership between Filipina tennis star Alex Eala and Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff is off to a hot start.

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Alex Eala, Coco Gauff off to winning start in Italian Open doubles

Alex Eala, Coco Gauff off to winning start in Italian Open doubles

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Published May 10, 2025 09:58 PM PHT

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