Eala, pal bag Aussie Open girls’ doubles title
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:47:25 +0000
By Kristel Satumbaga
Top junior netter Alex Eala and Indonesian Priska Madelyn Nugroho made history Friday by winning the Australian Open Junior Championships girls doubles title in Melbourne.
ALEX Eala returns the ball with all her might.
Mixing their shots pretty well, the duo trounced Slovenia’s Ziva Falkner and Great Britain’s Matilda Mutavdzic, 6-1, 6-2, in a win that caught the fancy of many Grand Slam enthusiasts.
Eala and Nugroho were on fire they needed just 49 minutes in dispatching their rivals.
They won four break points out of nine and had 18 winners.
The feat made Eala, 14, the second Filipino to win a Grand Slam title after former top junior player Francis Casey Alcantara.
Alcantara captured the boys doubles crown during the 2009 Australian Open Junior Championships with Taiwanese partner Hsieh Cheng-peng.
The win also made up for Eala’s third-round exit in the girl’s singles.