Alex Eala continuously defeated top 70 opponents, causing the Italian player to fall out of the top 60.

(NLDO) - Young Philippine tennis player Alex Eala just defeated the 59th WTA player in the first round of WTA 250 Eastbourne (England).

Young Philippine tennis star Alex Eala is showing a strong comeback by continuously defeating opponents in the world's top 70 to advance to the second round of the WTA 250 Eastbourne Open 2025.

In the first round this afternoon (June 23), Eala took just over an hour to defeat Lucia Bronzetti (ranked 59th in the world) with a score of 2-0 (6-0, 6-1). Eala's overwhelming performance not only helped her qualify for the second round, but also knocked the Italian player out of the top 60, falling to 61st when the WTA rankings were updated later today (Vietnam time). Eala jumped 3 places to 74th in the world.

In the match, although Bronzetti managed to tie the match 1-1 at the beginning of the second set, Eala quickly regained the initiative and completely dominated the rest to close out the impressive victory.

This convincing streak also marks the strong comeback of the young Filipino tennis player after a period of unsuccessful competition since making a splash and affirming his name at the Miami Open.

Eala defeated the Italian player to advance to the second round of the WTA 250 tournament (Photo: X)

Before that, the 19-year-old tennis player had to start her journey at the tournament from the qualifying round, where she successively defeated Zeynep Sonmez (Türkiye, ranked 82nd) ​​and Hailey Baptiste (USA, ranked 56th) to gain the right to enter the main round.

With the WTA rankings updated earlier this week, Sonmez dropped six places after losing to Eala, while Baptiste rose two places.

In the second round, Eala will face the winner of the match between Sonay Kartal (England, world No. 49) and third seed Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia, world No. 20).

Among them, Ostapenko is the name she shocked when she defeated in the second round of the Miami Open in March, marking a major turning point in her journey to reach the top 100.

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