Alexandra Eala of the Philippines serves to Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic throughout their first spherical girls’s singles match on the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Picture/Kin Cheung)
MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala couldn’t translate her sturdy opening set in her Wimbledon essential draw debut after the Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova pulled off a come-from-behind 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 win to advance to the second spherical.
After a blazing first set comeback, Eala misplaced steam as Krejcikova, the defending champion of the match, dominated the final two units.
“I wish to begin with giving the credit to AlexShe was smashing the ball and she or he was cleansing the traces and all that, so, wow,” mentioned Krejcikova throughout her on-court interview.
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Krejcikova opened the ultimate set with a rousing 3-0 begin earlier than Eala stopped the bleeding, profitable the prolonged fourth recreation.
However the World No. 16 denied Eala from pulling off one other comeback, regaining momentum with a 4-1 lead, adopted by one other prolonged sixth recreation win.
Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic, proper, greets Alexandra Eala of the Philippines on the web after profitable their first spherical girls’s singles match on the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Picture/Kin Cheung)
Krejcikova blanked Eala within the ultimate recreation and capped her exhibiting with a backhand winner.
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A win within the girls’s Grand Slam singles essential draw remained elusive for Eala, following a primary spherical exit in her French Open debut final Could.
Eala, who just lately reached a profession greatest rating of world N0. 56, was three days faraway from her grunner-up end within the Eastbourne Open, the place she absorbed a heartbreaking three-set loss to Maya Joint of Australia.
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After pushing Krejcikova to her restrict within the opening set, Filipino tennis sensation couldn’t discover the identical depth because the two-time Grand Slam champion opened with 5-0 lead.
Eala scored two straight video games however Krejcikova was capable of shut out and compelled a decider.
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Eala overcame a 1-2 begin within the opening set and received 4 straight video games for a 5-2 lead. She saved 4 break factors within the eighth recreation solely to fall quick, however she was fast to regain momentum and clinch the primary set.
The Rafa Nadal Academy product can be competing within the Wimbledon doubles with German Eva Lys, dealing with Olga Danilovic and Anastasia Potapova within the first spherical on Wednesday.
