Filipina tennister Alex Eala runs out of gas against her Thai foe during a busy day where she played twice.
Alex Eala couldn’t buck exhaustion as she was booted out of the W100 Takasaki in the quarterfinals, losing in her second game of the day last November 22 in Japan.
Eala, 19, played the quarterfinals just hours after she trumped Wild Card entrant Hayu Kinoshita in the round of 16, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. The Filipina then couldn’t make it two wins in a day as she stumbled against 3-seed Mananchaya Sawangkaew in another three-set contest.
The Filipina started out strong as she gained momentum in the first set, but hobbled in the next two frames to exit the tournament, 6-4, 1-6, 2-6.
Having played already for two hours and 23 minutes in the Round of 16, Eala couldn’t hold her stamina as she struggled against the Thai hitter’s service, with Sawangkaew finishing with four aces. Eala, on the other hand, struggled on her own with no aces and six double faults in the three-set netfest.
The Filipina tennister was the 5-seed in the tournament.
Eala is in the final leg of her professional tournaments this season before taking a break for the rest of the year. Next up for the 19-year-old is Asia/Oceania Zone Group III of the Billie Jean King Cup slated next week.
The Philippine team will compete in the tournament to be held at the Bahrain Tennis Club in Manama, Bahrain.
She will then wrap up her tournaments in Dubai.