ALEXANDRA “ALEX” EALA is on a roll of her own at the US Open after advancing to the quarterfinals of both the junior girls singles and doubles competitions at Flushing Meadows in New York.
Eala, 16, booked an exhausting 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 win over No. 15 Michaela Laki on Wednesday morning to set up a round-of-eight duel with Sebastianna Scilipoti of Switzerland.
She will face Scilipoti, who beat Belgium’s Sofia Costoulas, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6). at 1 a.m. Friday at the US Tennis Association’s Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
Eala and Belgian Hanne Vandewinkel also advanced to the doubles quarterfinals after they defeated Laki and Radka Zelnickova of Slovakia, 6-3, 3-6 (10-6).
Eala and Vandewinkel will take on Americans Elizabeth Coleman and Madison Sieg, who eliminated Petra Marcinko of Croatia and Natalia Szabanin of Hungary 6-4, 6-4.
Eala is aiming for her third Grand Slams doubles crown after the 2020 Australian Open with Priska Nugroho of Indonesia and this year’s French Open with Oksana Selekhmeteva of Russia.
Filipino-Canadian Leylah Fernandez is also in a roll and is now in the semifinals of the ladies singles competitions.