MANILA, Philippines -- Filipino tennis Alex Eala ended her WTA 1000 Wuhan Open campaign after she and Turkish partner Zeynep Sonmez bowed to the Ukrainian tandem of Dayana Yastremska and Anhelina Kalinina in the doubles first round, 2-6, 3-6, in China Tuesday evening.
World No. 19 Eala thus suffered back-to-back early exits after a shock loss to No. 217 and Chinese qualifier Shi Han in the singles first round, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, Monday night.
Eala looks to recover from a string of upset defeats as she competes next at the 500 Ningbo Open slated from October 19 to 25 still in China.
