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Alexandra Eala powered into the Prudential Hong Kong Open quarter-finals with a gutsy straight-sets win over Tereza Valentova, putting a career-high ranking firmly within her sights.
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Filipino tennis star Alexandra Eala is through to the last eight of the Prudential Hong Kong Open after a hard-fought straight-sets victory over Tereza Valentova on Thursday.
The second seed looked in commanding form early on, racing to a 3-0 lead in the opening set. Valentova, however, refused to roll over, clawing her way back to level at 4-4. Eala's nerve held firm - she saved three break points before breaking her opponent to clinch the set 6-4.
The second set proved even more testing. Valentova seized the early initiative with a break to go 4-2 up, but Eala dug deep to haul herself back to 5-5, forcing a tiebreak.
What followed was breathtaking. Eala stormed to a 5-0 lead in the breaker, seemingly on the verge of a comfortable finish. Valentova had other ideas, saving three match points, but it was not enough. Eala closed it out 7-6 (9-7) in a tense finale.
Eala now faces Croatia's Antonia Ruzic in Friday's quarter-finals. A victory there would carry enormous significance - a place in the semi-finals would propel her to a career-best world ranking of 16.
At just 21, the trajectory is unmistakable. Whether she can maintain this momentum against Ruzic remains to be seen, but on this evidence, writing her off would be unwise.
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