Alex Eala reached the quarterfinals of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) W25 Aldershot GB Pro Series after getting back at Talia Gibson of Australia in their second encounter, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, on Thursday night, Aug. 17 (Manila time) in Great Britain.

The Filipina tennis star is on a hunt for back-to-back ITF titles after winning the W25 Roehampton crown less than a week ago also in Great Britain.
 

Eala recovered from a set down and regained control to get back at Gibson, who along with her partner, defeated the Filipina and her Australia tandem Destanee Aiava in the quarterfinals of the W25 Roehampton doubles event last week.

The 2022 US Open girls champion found her tempo in the second set and jumped to a 4-2 advantage, but Gibson took two game wins in a row to put the match at deadlock, 4-all.

Never backing down, Eala broke the Aussie’s serve in Game 9 to regain the lead anew and escaped her foe’s resistance to force the decider.

Likewise, the Filipina had a promising start of 2-0, but Gibson turned it around on her side with a 3-2 fightback.

Despite Gibson’s counter, it was the last time she came ahead of Eala as the Filipina won the rest of the way.

The Filipina bet is looking to move to the semifinals of the singles event at the expense of American Jenna Defalco on Friday, Aug. 18 (Manila time).

On the other hand, Eala and Polish partner Urszula Radwanska crashed out of the doubles event after suffering a 4-6, 4-6 defeat at the hands of Japanese pair Saki Imamura and Erina Hayashi in the semifinals.