Eala, Turkish partner lose in Wuhan Open doubles

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ALEX Eala completely bowed out from the WTA 1000 Wuhan Open after she and partner Zeynep Sonmez stumbled in the doubles competition on Tuesday night, Oct. 14.

The Filipino-Turkish duo bowed to Anhelina Kalinina and Dayana Yastremska, 6-2, 6-3.

The Ukrainian duo of Kalinina and Yastremska needed just 69 minutes to oust Eala and Sonmez, who committed 19 unforced errors in the one-sided contest.

Kalinina and Yastremska tallied just 15 unforced errors on their way to setting up a second-round match against Anna Danilina and Zhang Shuai.

The doubles came after the 21-year-old Eala suffered an upset loss in the first round of the singles event. The World No. 19 Eala started strong but eventually faded in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 defeat to Chinese qualifier Han Shi .

The loss to Han, ranked No. 217 in the world, was Eala’s third straight in the last three weeks. The Filipina tennis star previously lost to World No. 180 Tatiana Prozorova at the round of 16 of the Singapore Open and to World No. 85 Wang Xiyu at the semifinal round of the Asian Games.(CCM)