Filipina teen, Indonesian partner bag Australian Open junior girls’ doubles title

January 31, 2020 admin alex eala, Australian Open, second headlines

Credit to Author: Jeremiah M. Sevilla| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:10:34 +0000

Alex Eala is the first Filipino woman to grab a Grand Slam title.

The teen tennis star Eala and her Indonesian partner Priska Nugroho crushed Matilda Mutavdzic of Great Britain and Ziva Falkner of Slovenia, 6-1, 6-2, to rule the 2020 Australian Open junior girls’ doubles tournament on Friday at the Melbourne Park.

Eala, 14, became the second overall Filipino to win in a Grand Slam event after Francis Casey Alcantara, who also seized a junior doubles trophy with Hsieh Cheng-peng of Chinese Taipei back in the 2009 Australian Open.

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