FILE–Philippines’ Alexandra Eala returns the ball to Colombia’s Emiliana Arango, throughout their first spherical match of the French Tennis Open, on the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Sunday Might 25, 2025. (AP Picture/Christophe Ena)
MANILA, Philippines — Regardless of an early exit in her ladies’s Grand Slam singles most important draw debut, Alex Eala earned her first French Open win within the doubles division.
Eala and her Mexican companion Renata Zarazua fended off Emily Appleton of the UK and Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers of Spain, 7-5, 6-4, on Wednesday (Manila time) to advance to the second spherical of the Roland Garros.
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Eala and Zarazua survived a toe-to-toe opening set and introduced the momentum to the second with a 3-1 begin. Nonetheless, Appleton and Reimers fought their manner again and tied the set to 4-4.
Eala and Zarazua restored the order and received two consecutive video games to finish the match.
The Filipino-Mexican tandem battles Olga Danilovic of Serbia and Anastasia Potapova of Russia within the second spherical on Friday (Manila time).
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The Rafa Nadal Academy graduate, at the moment World No.73, needed to bear changes following her dropping debut within the singles on Sunday to Emiliana Arango of Colombia, 0-6, 6-2, 3-6.
Initially, Eala and Zarazua have been scheduled to face Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine and Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania, however the pair withdrew.
Kostyuk, who defeated Eala within the Italian Open first spherical earlier this month, additionally misplaced her Roland Garros singles opener, falling 3-6, 1-6 to Sara Bejlek. Ruse, in the meantime, superior to the second spherical after a 7-5, 7-6(3) win over McCartney Kessler.
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