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Eala faces dangerous Spaniard next

/ 05:10 AM July 09, 2021

Filipino tennis star Alex Eala at the Wimbledon.

Filipino tennis star Alex Eala at the Wimbledon. ALEX EALA FACEBOOK

A 17-year-old Spaniard is standing in the way of Alex Eala in her pursuit of a Grand Slam junior singles title in Wimbledon.

After taking a break on Wednesday, the 16-year-old Eala was to battle Ane Mintegi del Olmo late in Thursday’s second round at Court No. 4.

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Del Olmo is 27th in the world in juniors and isn’t seeded in the tournament. But the second-seeded Eala, the world No. 3 among girls, can’t take her lightly, not after losing to an unseeded Briton Matilda Mutavdzic, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1, in the first round of the recent French Open.

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Eala progressed after a 6-2, 6-4, triumph over Argentinian Solana Sierra in the first round. Del Olmo advanced by taking down Italian Eleonora Alvisi, 6-1, 6-0.

If successful, Eala will take on either Elizabeth Coleman of the United States or Kylie Bilchev of Great Britain.

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She and Priska Nugroho of Indonesia also got through to the second round in doubles.

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The 2020 Australian Open champs downed Erika Matsuda of Japan and Valencia Xu of the United States, 6-0, 6-0.

Seeded third, the pair was to face Chelsea Fontenel of Switzerland and Ashlyn Krueger of the United States, who eliminated Oceane Babel of France and Evialina Laskevich of Belarus, 7-6 (2), 6-3.

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