Filipino tennis player Alex Eala advanced to the semifinals of the Canberra International women's tennis tournament, marking her best result in a major tournament.
Alex Eala of the Philippines reached the semifinal round in her first major tournament of the year, the Canberra International women's tennis tournament in Australia on Thursday. In the quarterfinals, the world number 147 Eala outplayed world number 170 Taylah Preston of Australia in three sets, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, surviving an early lead by her rival.
Eala began the Canberra International by winning her two qualifying matches against opponents from Australia, first against Catherine Aulia in two sets 6-1, 6-2, then against Alana Subasic in three sets, 5-7, 6-0, 6-1, clinching her spot in the main draw. In the round of 32 on Tuesday, she defeated Austria's Sinja Kraus, 6-2, 6-4, and followed it up by thrashing the Netherlands' Arianne Hartono, 6-3, 6-3, in a new year's day round of 16 match. Eala will face China's Wei Sijia on Saturday's semifinals. Wei defeated Filipino-Australian Lizette Cabrera in the round of 32, 6-3, 6-4; Mananchaya Sawangkaew of Thailand in the round of 16, 6-3, 6-2; and on Thursday, defeated Switzerland's Simona Waltert in the quarterfinals, 6-4, 6-4
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