Alex Eala sustains her scorching momentum in both the singles and doubles competitions at the TF W100 Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain
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Both Eala and Starodubtseva have recently reached their respective career highs in the world ranking, but Starodubtseva was largely considered the slight favorite in their quarters encounter owing to her recent performance in Wimbledon where she reached the second round. The 19-year-old Filipina appeared just about ready to romp off with the win when she built a 4-2 lead. But the 24-year-old Ukrainian put up her final stand, breaking Eala in the seventh game after four deuces then catching up in the eighth game to tie the count for the last time at 4-4.
She broke the Starodubtseva a second time in the sixth game to level the count at 3-3, then kept the game tied until 6-6. After Eala jumped to a 4-1 lead in the tiebreak, Starodubtsewa showed that she too could stage a rally, drawing even at 5-5.Later in the day, Eala linked up with Estelle Cascino of France to register a 6-2, 6-3 thumping of Maria Jose Portillo Ramirez of Mexico and Noelia Zeballos Melgar of Bolivia.
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