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Vekic vs Osorio for PH Open crown; Chong, Liang reign in doubles

Published Jan 30, 2026 05:25 pm

At A Glance

  • Croatian Donna Vekic and Colombian Camila Osorio forged an exciting duel for the WTA 125 Philippine Women's Open title in the finale set Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.
Crowd-favorite Croatian Donna Vekic advances to the finals in style. (PWO)
Crowd-favorite Croatian Donna Vekic advances to the finals in style. (PWO)
Croatian Donna Vekic and Colombian Camila Osorio forged an exciting duel for the WTA 125 Philippine Women’s Open title in the finale set Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.
The fourth seed Vekic continued her domination as she booked her final ticket with a 6-2, 6-4 semis win over unseeded Tatiana Prozorova.
“It feels really good, thank you guys for the support, I haven’t been in the finals since a long time, so I’m really happy that I did here,” said Vekic.
“Yeah, it’s never been easy, few nerves today as well, the rain delay was a little bit tricky, but I’m happy that I managed to serve well and served it out and won two sets,” she added.
After Alex Eala’s exit in the quarters, Vekic became the favorite, particularly by Filipino fans, to win it all in the inaugural tournament on Philippine soil.
It would be the first time Vekic, the WTA No. 72, reached the final of a WTA-event since her last one on the grass courts of the WTA 500 Bad Homburg Open in Germany in 2024, where she bowed to Russian Diana Shnaider.
She entered the semis of the Wimbledon Championships and won the silver in the Paris Olympics a few months after.
Vekic, the world No. 72, made her way to the finals after beating the likes of Chinese Lin Zhu (6-4, 6-3), Maria Tkacheva (6-1, 6-2), and Japanese Kyoka Okamura (6-2, 6-2) in the prior rounds.
Her adversary for the crown is No. 5 seed Colombian Camila Osorio who hardly broke a sweat, beating No. 3 Solano Sierra of Argentina, 6-0, 6-1, in just 46 minutes of semis action.
Osorio, who eliminated her fellow US Open Singles Girls champion Eala, 6-4, 6-4, in the quarters, earned her title shot with victories over Japanese Sakura Hosogi (6-4, 6-3), and Mai Hontama (6-4, 4-6, 6-2).
The two netters faced each other almost four years ago in the qualifying round of the Cincinnati Open, where Vekic prevailed with a 7-6, 6-3 result.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s Eudice Chong and Taipei’s En-Shou Liang dug deep and pulled off a come-from-behind 2-6, 7-6(2), 10-7 win over Americans Quinn Gleason and Sabrina Santamaria to become the first-ever doubles champion.
Down 2-5 in the second set, Chong and Liang kept their nerves and crawled back in the next games before leveling the match at 5-all, before ultimately forcing an extension in their thrilling affair.
From there, the Asian pair held the momentum and put Gleason and Santamaria’s efforts to waste by sealing the match.
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