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    Alex Eala back on her feet
    Oct 26, 2022
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    Alex Eala advances in France.
    PHOTO: Jerome Ascano

    ALEX Eala finally got her revenge against Jessika Ponchet, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(6), in the opener of W80 Poitiers in France on Wednesday.

    The 17-year-old Pinay now holds a 1-2 head-to-head record with Ponchet, 26, and has barged into the second round of the $80,000 tourament.

    A few months back, Eala lost twice to Ponchet, in W25 Palma del Rio second round, and W60 Vitoria-Gasteiz semifinals, both in Spain.

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    Down 3-5, Eala came back to take the lead at 6-5. Ponchet tied it before the Filipina held off the French netter to finish the match in two and a half hours.

    Eala moves to the round of 16 against either eighth-seeded Russian Vitalia Diatchenko or Marine Partaud of France.

    In doubles play, Eala is also off to the quarterfinals with partner Petra Marcinko of Croatia after they won big in their opening round, 6-2, 6-3, against Yuliya Hatouka and Iryna Shimanovich.

    They will next play Czech pair of Miriam Kolodziejova and Marketa Vondrousova, tournament third seeds, in the quarterfinals.

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    PHOTO: Jerome Ascano
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