What Alex Eala had to say after beating 'one of closest friends'

What Alex Eala had to say after beating 'one of closest friends'

Alex Eala kicked off her debut campaign at the Abu Dhabi Open with a solid win over her good friend Zeynep Sonmez, and with the win, she earned a two-place rise in the Live Rankings. Both Eala and Sonmez were big fan favourites at the recent Australian Open with the former drawing a massive Filipino audience on Court 6 for her first-ever main draw match at Melbourne Park while Turkish star Sonmez won the fans over with her incredible act of comi…

Alex Eala fends off former partner Sonmez in Abu Dhabi opener

Alex Eala completed a hat trick of wins over her friend and former doubles partner Zeynep Sonmez as the Filipina tennis ace launched her campaign at the WTA Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open with a commanding 6-4, 6-3 victory over the Turkish number one on Monday (Tuesday morning, Philippine time) in the United Arab Emirates. The Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre was filled to the rafters for the final match of the day on Stadium Court, as two…

Leylah prevails in Abu Dhabi - The New Nation

Agency : Fifth-seeded Liudmila Samsonova and sixth-seeded Leylah Fernandez both advanced in straight sets in the opening round of the Abu Dhabi Open, played on the outdoor hard courts in the United Arab Emirates. Samsonova, from Russia, defeated Sofia Kenin, 6-4, 6-0, while the Canadian native Fernandez knocked off Chloe Paquet of France, 6-0, 6-3. The first four games of the Samsonova-Kenin match all featured breaks of serve, before both player…