Alexandra Eala reaches the Lexus Eastbourne semifinals on Thursday after she defeated Dayana Yastremska, 6-1, 6-2.
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EALA REACHES EASTBOURNE LAST 4 AFTER TURNING BACK YASTREMSKA, GETS CHANCE TO FINAL
Eala reaches the Eastbourne last four to earn a shot of advancing in a WTA tournament final for the first time.
Furthermore, the 20-year-old world No.74 from the Philippines broke three times in the opening set to take the early lead.
Moreover, she sustained her strong form in the second set to close out her world No.42 opponent, who was coming off a finals stint at the Nottingham Open last weekend.
However, Yastremska lost to McCartney Kessler in the Nottingham final.
Eala thus matched her miracle run at the Miami Open earlier this year, where she beat Jelena Ostapenko, Madison Keys, and Iga Swiatek.
GRACHEVA AWAITS EALA AFTER FRENCHWOMAN SAW KREJCIKOVA RETIRES DUE TO INJURY
Varvara Gracheva awaits Eala in the last four after her opponent, reigning Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova, withdrew due to an injury.
Moreover, the Frenchwoman hardly made a sweat as Krejcikova cited right thigh soreness as the reason of her injury.
Furthermore, the Czechia player apologized to Eastbourne fans for now coming out to play in the quarterfinals.
“I’m very sorry to have to withdraw from my quarter-final today in Eastbourne as I’m having some soreness in my right thigh,” Krejcikova said.
“I wish the tournament team the best for the final few days and I look forward to returning to see all the wonderful fans here next year,” she added.
JOINT OUSTS BLINKOVA TO ADVANCE TO SEMIS
Maya Joint continued her momentum after she pulled off a 6-4, 7-5 triunph over Anna Blinkova to advance to the semis.
Furthermore, the 19-year-old Australian thus became the first from her country to reach the last four at the traditional Wimbledon warm-up event for 14 years.
Moreover, she will await the winner of the quarterfinal between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova against qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova.
Joint began her Eastbourne journey with a big win over Tunisian Ons Jabeur, 7-5, 6-2.
The world No.51 later eliminated British No 7 seed Emma Raducanu, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4).
