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Eala Shocks Rybakina in Berlin Upset
18 Jun
Summary
- Alexandra Eala defeated No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina in Berlin.
- Madison Keys advanced to quarterfinals by beating Karolina Muchova.
- Ann Li and Marie Bouzkova won matches at Nottingham Open.
Alexandra Eala of the Philippines delivered a stunning upset at the Berlin Tennis Open on Thursday, defeating the tournament's second-seeded player, Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan. Eala, competing as a wild card, secured a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Rybakina, who is the reigning Australian Open champion and a former Wimbledon winner.
Despite Rybakina taking an early 4-1 lead in the first set, Eala impressively broke her opponent's strong serve twice to clinch the set and maintained her momentum into the second. In other Berlin matches, unseeded American Madison Keys advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Czech No. 7 seed Karolina Muchova, 6-4, 7-5. Czech eighth seed Linda Noskova and sixth-seeded Elina Svitolina also secured wins.
Meanwhile, at the Lexus Nottingham Open, fifth-seeded American Ann Li progressed to the Round of 16 by defeating Taylah Preston of Australia 5-7, 6-2, 6-2. Czech fourth seed Marie Bouzkova secured a victory over Great Britain's Hannah Klugman. Other results from Nottingham included wins for Karolina Pliskova and Viktorija Golubic.
