ALEX Eala earned a piece of history as she and Indonesian partner Priska Madelyn Nugroho bagged the Australian Open junior doubles title Friday at Melbourne Park.
The fourth-seeded pair made short work of the European tandem of Slovenian Ziva Falkner and Britain's Matilda Mutavdzic, 6-1, 6-2, in the finals.
Eala, ranked ninth in the world, became the first Filipino to win a juniors grand slam after Francis Casey Alcantara also bagged the Australian Open boys doubles crown in 2009 in tandem with Hsieh Cheng-peng of Chinese Taipei.
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