Alexandra Eala made a promising begin to her Guangzhou opening match however nonetheless failed to finish her dropping streak after struggling a shock collapse and dropping to a qualifier.
The Filipina, who was seeded at No. 4 on the WTA 250 event in Guangzhou, broke world No. 305 Claire Liu thrice to simply bag the primary set with a 6-2 scoreline.
Up by a set, Eala additionally went 4-2 up within the second set and gave the impression to be heading towards registering a routine straight-set win. However then, inexplicably, the Miami Open semifinalist suffered back-to-back breaks – misplaced the subsequent 4 video games – and the set.
Regardless of failing to get the job executed in two units, the fourth-seeded Filipina nonetheless had an excellent likelihood to win the match after opening a 3-1 third-set lead. However, as soon as once more, she allowed her result in slip away as Liu gained 5 of the subsequent six video games to overturn the deficit and full a 2-6 6-4 6-4 win.
Within the Guangzhou round-of-16, qualifier Liu performs towards Anna Bondar.
Eala picks up her fourth consecutive defeat
For Eala, this was the fourth match in a row the place she ended on the dropping aspect.
Simply earlier than hitting a stoop, the 20-year-old Filipina turned a WTA champion in Guadalajara. And she or he some huge hopes for her tennis future.
"I’m very bold, I believe all people has large goals in tennis. To be world quantity No. 1 and to win Grand Slams is my dream, however within the larger scale of issues to be knowledgeable tennis participant and to succeed in this stage is one thing I’m already very happy with," she stated shortly after lifting her maiden WTA title in Guadalajara in early September.
Regardless of her latest poor run, Eala nonetheless began this week having fun with a career-high rating of No. 53 on the planet.
