Alex Eala wins W60 Madrid singles, doubles openers
Alex Eala in W60 Madrid. –ALEX EALA FACEBOOK
MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala aced her matches in the singles and doubles events of the W60 Madrid on Tuesday in Spain.
The Filipino teen star beat Bulgaria’s Lia Karatancheva, 6-4, 6-4, to advance to the second round of the $60,000 tournament.
Article continues after this advertisementEala faces No.11 Daniela Seguel of Chile on Wednesday.
The 17-year-old also advanced in the doubles quarterfinals as she and partner En Shuo Liang of Chinese Taipei foiled Marta Huqi Gonzalez Encinas of Spain and Vasanti Shinde of India, 6-2, 6-1.
Eala and Liang will face fourth seed Timea Babos and Valeria Savinykh of Hungary in the quarterfinals.
Article continues after this advertisementThe Rafael Nadal Academy scholar, who is competing in her second $60,000 tournament since W60 Grenoble in France, is fresh from a quarterfinals exit in the W25 Madrid last week, losing to doubles partner, Alice Robbe.
Eala and Robbe also reached the quarterfinals of the tournament’s doubles event.
