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FILE–Philippines’ Alexandra Eala returns the ball to Colombia’s Emiliana Arango, all the way through their first spherical fit of the French Tennis Open, on the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Sunday May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
MANILA, Philippines — Despite an early go out in her ladies’s Grand Slam singles primary draw debut, Alex Eala earned her first French Open win within the doubles department.
Eala and her Mexican spouse Renata Zarazua fended off Emily Appleton of the United Kingdom and Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers of Spain, 7-5, 6-4, on Wednesday (Manila time) to advance to the second one spherical of the Roland Garros.
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Eala and Zarazua survived a toe-to-toe opening set and taken the momentum to the second one with a 3-1 get started. However, Appleton and Reimers fought their long ago and tied the set to 4-4.
Eala and Zarazua restored the order and gained two consecutive video games to finish the fit.
The Filipino-Mexican tandem battles Olga Danilovic of Serbia and Anastasia Potapova of Russia in the second one spherical on Friday (Manila time).
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The Rafa Nadal Academy graduate, recently World No.73, needed to go through changes following her shedding debut within the singles on Sunday to Emiliana Arango of Colombia, 0-6, 6-2, 3-6.
Originally, Eala and Zarazua had been scheduled to stand Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine and Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania, however the pair withdrew.
Kostyuk, who defeated Eala within the Italian Open first spherical previous this month, additionally misplaced her Roland Garros singles opener, falling 3-6, 1-6 to Sara Bejlek. Ruse, in the meantime, complicated to the second one spherical after a 7-5, 7-6(3) win over McCartney Kessler.
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