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Eala, Croatian partner fall to No. 3 seeds in W80 France doubles Last 8

Eala, Croatian partner fall to No. 3 seeds in W80 France doubles Last 8

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Alex Eala at the W80 Poitiers in France. Photo courtesy of IFV86 on Facebook (VicTPhotos and Alain Biais - IFV)
Alex Eala at the W80 Poitiers in France. Photo courtesy of IFV86 on Facebook (VicTPhotos and Alain Biais - IFV)

MANILA – Alexandra “Alex” Eala of the Philippines and Petra Marcinko of Croatia were eliminated by Czech No. 3 seeds Miriam Kolodziejova and Marketa Vondrousova, 5-7, 2-6, in the quarterfinals of the W80 Poitiers in France on Wednesday.

Before the opening set was tied at 3-3, the 17-year-old Eala and 16-year-old Marcinko saved two break points in the prior game.

Two pairs of service breaks followed, with the Filipino and Croatian teens breaking serve to level at 5-5 after Kolodziejova, 25, and Vondrousova, 23, committed a double fault as they were serving for the set.

A costly double fault from Eala and Marcinko allowed their senior opponents to serve for the set for the second time, and they clinched it, 7-5, after saving three break points.

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Kolodziejova and Vondrousova, who achieved a career-high singles ranking of WTA World No. 14 in 2019, carried on with their momentum in the second set to lead at 3-0.

Eala and Marcinko managed to break then hold serve to inch closer at 2-3, but the Czech players easily held for a 4-2 edge.

Despite saving three break points in the seventh game, Eala and Marcinko were unable to hold, thereby giving the Czechs the chance to serve for the match at 5-2.

Kolodziejova and Vondrousova opened the eighth game with an ace and sealed the match, 6-2, to progress to the semifinals against Conny Perrin of Switzerland and Fang-Hsien Wu of Chinese Taipei.

In the first round, Eala and Marcinko beat Belarusians Yuliya Hatouka and Iryna Shymanovich, 6-2, 6-3, while Kolodziejova and Vondrousova received a bye.

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WTA World No. 248 Eala, a two-time ITF women’s singles titlist, is also entered in the singles main draw after qualifying for the $80,000 ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour event.

The reigning US Open Girls’ singles winner is slated to face No. 8 seed and WTA World No. 107 Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia in the second round.

Eala began her W80 Poitiers main draw run with an impressive 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(6) victory over WTA World No. 161 Jessika Ponchet of France in the first round, where the Rafa Nadal Academy player saved six match points and forced a tiebreak.

In the qualifiers, the No. 4 seed Eala defeated Frenchwomen Astrid Cirotte and Diana Martynov with the same score, 6-1, 6-2.

The W80 Poitiers, also called the Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne, is being held on the indoor hard courts of Comité Départemental de Tennis de la Vienne.

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Among the players still in contention in the Poitiers singles draw are WTA World No. 95 Oceane Dodin of France, No. 3 seed and World No. 101 Xinyu Wang of China, and No. 6 seed and World No. 140 Clara Tauson of Denmark.

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