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| Alex Eala's service |
Alexandra Eala had to fight through a tiebreak in the first set and multiple deuces on every other point before subduing Croatian Antonia Ruzic, 7-6 (7), 7-5, to reach the semifinals of the Hong Kong Tennis Open at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay.
“It was rollercoaster for sure and an incredible battle,”
Eala said in an on-court interview.after the match.
"I don't know what inspired me or kept me to continue
digging deeper, but Antonia played a really amazing match, and I'm blessed to
be able to play another round here," she added.
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Eala is scheduled to face Greece's Maria Sakkari -- who earlier
defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovic, 6-2, 6-3 – on Saturday for a spot in the finals.
The other finals slot wil be disputed between Alexandra Shubladze
who defeated top seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania, 6-2, 6-3; and Claire Liu of the
United States who defeated Zeynep Sonmez of Turkey, 6-1, 6-4.
Eala and Ruzic opened the game exchanging leads to 4-4, before
they began a battle of deuces until they reached 6-6.
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In the tiebreak. Eala raced to a 5-0 lead before Ruzic scored
the first point.
The Croatian fought back to level at 6-6 and then 7-7.
But Eala found a burst of strength and finished the tiebreak
at 9-7.
The second set was no less hard-fought, starting with the first
point that required six deuces to settle at 1-0 with Ruzic leading.
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Alex served for the next point and easily scored the
equalizer.
The two players battled through more deuces to level at 5-5.
Eala broke Ruzic’s service to grab the lead, 6-5, before finishing
off the match on her turn to serve, 7-5.
The game was suspended when it showered, but resumed after the rain stopped and ths court was wiped dry by a team of volunteers.
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