Alex Eala made history once again with her first junior Grand Slam quarterfinals berth in the 2020 Roland Garros girls singles tournament in Paris, France.

The Filipina teen tennis sensation showed poise to win over world No. 53 Leyre Romero Gormaz of Spain, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, to make it past the Round of 16 on Wednesday, October 7.

Although Eala dominated the opening set, the Spaniard answered back to put the Filipina at a 5-1 disadvantage in the following set.

Eala, though, shocked Romero Gormaz with 3 straight games and even denied her opponent a set point to cut the deficit to 5-4.

Romero Gormaz answered back to take the 2nd set, but Eala got her groove back to send the Spaniard into a 4-0 hole in the deciding set.

Eala broke serve to go up 5-1 and closed out the match with 4 straight points.

Prior to the French Open, the 15-year-old Rafa Nadal Academy scholar only made it to the 2020 Australian Open girls singles tournament 3rd round.

Eala already ended her bid in doubles action after an opening round exit with American partner Elvina Kalieva as they suffered an upset loss to the Italian pair of Lisa Pigato and Eleonora Alvisi.

Last February, world No. 4 Eala made history in the 2020 Australian Open juniors doubles tournament, which she ruled together with Indonesian Priska Nugroho. – Rappler.com