Teen tennis standout Alex Eala and partner Marina Bassols Ribera advance to the second round of a $100,000 ITF women’s doubles event in Spain after stunning the second seeds.
MANILA, Philippines – Filipina teen Alex Eala and Marina Bassols Ribera of Spain pulled off a shocker in the opening round of the IV Araba World Tennis Tour Feminino.
Raina and Thombare were highly fancied to make a deep run in the competition and contend for the title. Raina ranks 179th in the world women’s doubles and has seen action in the women’s doubles main draw of all four Grand Slam events, while Thombore, 192 in the world, is an Olympian who has won 25 doubles titles in the ITF.
The winning Filipina and Spanish tandem will take to the court again on Wednesday when they face Estelle Cascino of France and Diana Marcinkevica of Latvia in the quarterfinals.
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