Alex Eala, Partner Bow Out in Guangzhou Open Semifinals

Alex Eala exits Guangzhou short of first career WTA doubles final

MANILA, Philippines – In yet another heartbreaking three-set affair, weary Filipina tennis star Alex Eala bowed out of the WTA Guangzhou Open doubles tournament as the Polish-Indonesian pair of Katarzyna Piter and Janice Tjen rolled to a 6-7(4), 6-3, 10-5 final-clinching win on Saturday, October 25. With the loss alongside Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok, world No. 53 Eala barely missed her first WTA doubles final berth in her first pair-up st…

Alex Eala, partner bow out in Guangzhou Open semifinals

MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala and Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok came up short of a finals berth in the Guangzhou Open doubles, bowing to Indonesia’s Janice Tjen and Poland’s Katarzyna Piter, 7-6(4), 3-6, 5-10, in the semifinal on Saturday. After escaping the Polish-Indonesian tandem in a tight first set, Eala and Kichenok lost steam despite a 2-0 start in the second frame as their opponents took five straight games to force a decider. READ…

Alex Eala reaches first doubles semis for the year in Guangzhou

Alex Eala will be making her first-ever WTA doubles semifinals appearance on Saturday after she and Ukraine’s Nadiia Kichenok defeated Russia’s Polina Kudermetova and Kamilla Rakhimova in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5, in the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou Open in China on Friday. Rakhimova is enjoying the best doubles season of her career, reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and the third round of the French Open. Kudermetova, meanwhile…