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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><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1747240728570051025_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"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Alex Eala of the Philippines and Coco Gauff of the United States. <em>Al Bello, Getty Images/AFP and Thomas Coex, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>Filipina tennis star Alex Eala and Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff exited the Italian Open doubles in the quarterfinal stage, after a three-set loss to defending champions Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini of Italy on Wednesday.</p><p>Gauff and Eala pushed the Italian tandem to a decider before bowing out, 5-7, 6-3, 7-10.</p><p>Cheered on by the home crowd, Errani and Paolini recovered after a letdown in the second set and converted their second match point to advance to the semifinals, where they will play the Russian pair of Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider.</p><p>Despite the loss, it was a good showing for Eala and Gauff, who were playing together for the first time. </p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" 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style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:648px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1922690546750853623"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/5/13/tennis-alex-eala-coco-gauff-sweep-italian-pair-advance-to-qfinals-in-rome-2027">READ: Alex Eala, Coco Gauff sweep Italian pair, advance to q&#x27;finals in Rome</a></div><p>Earlier in the day, Gauff had beaten Andreeva in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), to advance to the semis of the women&#x27;s singles tournament.</p><p>Former US Open winner Gauff said that she had &quot;a lot of confidence&quot; for the last four, where she could face tournament favorite Aryna Sabalenka with the world number one taking on Zheng Qinwen later on Wednesday.</p><p>&quot;Maybe some points weren&#x27;t my best. I still managed to be successful,&quot; said Gauff.</p><p>Gauff, 21, is looking for her first title of the season, ahead of Roland Garros starting later this month, after losing the Madrid final to Sabalenka.</p><p>Indian Wells champion Andreeva, at 18 years old the youngest woman to reach the last eight at the Foro Italico since Gauff in 2021, put up surprisingly little resistance in a low-key first set.</p><p>And Gauff had too much for her in the second, quickly responding to each of Andreeva&#x27;s breaks of serve before coming through a tricky tie-break.</p><p>Gauff has already guaranteed a rise to No. 2 in the world rankings with her performance in Rome. </p><p>World No. 70 Eala, for her part, had bowed out at the first hurdle with a loss to Marta Kostyuk in the first round.-- <strong>with Agence France-Presse</strong></p>

<p>Filipina tennis star Alex Eala and Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff exited the Italian Open doubles in the quarterfinal stage, after a three-set loss to defending champions Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini of Italy on Wednesday.</p>

Filipina tennis star Alex Eala and Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff exited the Italian Open doubles in the quarterfinal stage, after a three-set loss to defending champions Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini of Italy on Wednesday.

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Tennis: Alex Eala, Coco Gauff bow out of Italian Open doubles

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Published May 15, 2025 12:41 AM PHT

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