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Alex Eala suffers early exit in Great Britain tiff to cap hectic month

Delfin Dioquino

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Alex Eala suffers early exit in Great Britain tiff to cap hectic month

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Alex Eala misses the main draw of the W100 Shrewsbury in Great Britain to end a busy month that saw her play 15 matches across four tournaments

MANILA, Philippines – The tennis grind finally caught up with Alex Eala as she got eliminated in the qualifying draw of the W100 Shrewsbury in Great Britiain.

Eala failed to reach the main draw of the $100,000 tournament following a 6-1, 7-5 defeat to home bet Maia Lumsden on Monday, October 31.

The 17-year-old played non-stop for the month of October, seeing action in 15 matches across four tournaments.

She reached the main draw in the first three events, qualifying for the quarterfinals of the W80 Rancho Santa Fe in the USA, the second round of the W60 Hamburg in Germany, and the semifinals of the W80 Poitiers in France.

But the consecutive matches seemed to have taken their toll on WTA. No. 214 Eala as she got the boot early in Shrewsbury after falling to Lumsden, a player ranked 356 spots lower, in 1 hour and 24 minutes.

Eala grabbed a 1-0 lead in the opening set before the 24-year-old Lumsden won six straight games to draw first blood.

Lumsden then broke a 5-5 tie in the second set by clinching the next two games, with Eala losing serve in the clincher, as the Briton advanced to the main draw.

Earlier, Eala bested Ranah Akua Stoiber of Great Britain, 6-3, 6-1, in the first round of the qualifying draw to arrange a duel with Lumsden.

Despite her premature exit in Shrewsbury, Eala still accomplished much in October as she climbed 34 spots for a new career-high WTA ranking of No. 214.

Eala is listed as a main draw entry for the W60 Tokyo in Japan and a qualifier for the W60 Meitar in Israel, which will both run from November 14 to 20. – Rappler.com

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Delfin Dioquino

Delfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.