Alex Eala finally broke her Asian swing "second round wall" after dispatching Talia Gibson, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0, at the WTA 500 Tokyo Open round of 16 in Japan Wednesday evening.
Recovering from a close first set loss, the Filipino tennis ace and world No. 19 Eala dominated the Australian and No. 38 Gibson to reach her first quarterfinals appearance in the Asian swing of the 2026 WTA Tour.
Eala also extended her mastery against Gibson to three matches, defeating the latter twice before in the ITF circuit.
With the win, tournament No. 8 seed Eala forged a rematch witn No. 3 Diana Shnaider who defeated her at the Ningbo Open last week.
Shnaider ousted Aliaksandra Sasnovich, 6-3, 5-6, 6-3, in their second round clash on Wednesday.
