Alex Eala follows up on her doubles win with an equally dominant victory in the opening round of singles action in a Spain ITF W100 tournament
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Now ranked a career-high 155 in the world, Eala dropped her serve right in the opening game of the match but kept her wits together by breaking the world No. 610 Tran in the very next game. The second set saw the fifth seeded Eala drop serve anew to fall behind 1-2. But just like in the first set when she came back with ferocious intent after losing her serve, Eala blanked Tran the rest of the way and claimed the next five games. Eala will now advance to the second round where she will be up on Thursday, July 18, against a dangerous foe in 24-year-old Lucia Cortez Llorca of Spain.
Thursday will be a test of endurance for Eala as she is also set to take the court in the quarterfinals of the doubles competition.
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