US Open: Eala collects historic victory with sensational comeback against 14th-seed Tauson
Alexandra Eala edged out Clara Tauson 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (11) on Sunday evening and will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Cristina Bucsa and American qualifier Claire Liu in the next round
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Filipino Alexandra Eala reached the second round of the US Open by edging out Dane Clara Tauson, the No 14 seed, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (11) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Sunday evening.
Eala is the first Filipina to win a main draw singles match at a Grand Slam in the Open Era.
“It’s so special. To be Filipino is something I take so much pride in,” she stated.
“I’m always in the mood for creating more history – this match is one for the books for me.”
In the third set, the Filipino battled back from 5-1 down against the Dane before converting on her fifth match point in the tiebreak.
Eala, ranked No 70, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Cristina Bucsa and American qualifier Claire Liu next.
New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90.000.000, most recent results first):
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Coco Gauff
- Greet Minnen vs. Naomi Osaka
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Donna Vekic vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Anastasia Zakharova vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Solana Sierra
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Sofia Kenin
- Francesca Jones vs. Eva Lys
- Laura Siegemund vs. Diana Shnaider
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anastasija Sevastova
- Lois Boisson vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Danielle Collins vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Linda Noskova vs. Dalma Galfi
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Xinyu Wang
- Emiliana Arango vs. Iga Swiatek
- Suzan Lamens vs. Valerie Glozman
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sonay Kartal
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Maya Joint
- Katie Boulter vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Alycia Parks vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Venus Williams vs. Karolina Muchova
- Anna Bondar vs. Elina Svitolina
- Darja Semenistaja vs. Peyton Stearns
- Magdalena Frech vs. Talia Gibson
- Katie Volynets vs. Zeynep Sonmez
- Maria Sakkari vs. Tatjana Maria
- Ann Li vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Taylor Townsend vs. Antonia Ruzic
- Elena Rybakina vs. Julieta Pareja
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Claire Liu
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Clervie Ngounoue
- Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Caroline Garcia
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Iva Jovic
- Elise Mertens vs. Alyssa Ahn
- Madison Keys vs. Renata Zarazua
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Petra Kvitova vs. Diane Parry
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Victoria Mboko
- Leolia Jeanjean vs. Priscilla Hon
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Yue Yuan
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Jessica Pegula vs. Mayar Sherif
- Destanee Aiava vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Shuai Zhang vs. Belinda Bencic
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Hina Inoue
- Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Anna Blinkova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Lin Zhu
- Emma Navarro vs. Yafan Wang
- Lulu Sun vs. Camila Osorio
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Xiyu Wang: sunday
- Jil Teichmann vs. Catherine McNally: sunday
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Rebeka Masarova: 7-5, 6-1
- Moyuka Uchijima beat Olga Danilovic: 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (9)
- Janice Tjen (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (24): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Leylah Fernandez (31) beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Emma Raducanu beat Ena Shibahara (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Polina Kudermetova beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 2-2 ret.
- McCartney Kessler (32) beat Magda Linette: 7-5, 7-5
- Tereza Valentova (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
