FILE–Alexandra Eala of the Philippines. Matthew Stockman/Getty Photos/AFP
- Alex Eala opens her clay marketing campaign within the Linz Open in Austria. She takes on hometown guess Julia Grabher within the spherical of 32.
SCHEDULE: Linz Open 2026
April 8, Wednesday – Centre Court docket
- 12:40 am – Alex Eala vs Julia Grabher
LIVE UPDATES: Alex Eala vs Julia Grabher – Linz Open
- FINAL: Alex Eala beats Julia Grabher, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the Linz Open spherical of 16. She’s going to face Jelena Ostapenko within the subsequent spherical.
- Alex Eala to serve for the match.
- Alex Eala breaks again to take a 5-3 lead. She’s one sport away from the win.
- Julia Grabher breaks for again to again video games. She’s solely down by one, 4-3.
- Julia Grabher responds with a maintain. She’s down 4-2.
- Alex Eala takes a 4-1 benefit with one other maintain. She has gained three straight video games within the second set.
- Alex Eala breaks serve for a 3-1 lead within the second set.
- Alex Eala again within the lead as she holds anew. 2-1.
- Julia Grabher ties at 1-1.
- Alex Eala opens the second set with a maintain for a 1-0 lead.
- END OF SET 1: Alex Eala lastly breaks and takes the primary set, 6-4.
- Comfy service sport for Alex Eala. She leads 5-4.
- Julia Grabher bounces again with a maintain. Set 1 tied at 4-4.
- Alex Eala holds after seven deuces in a grueling seventh sport. She is again within the lead 4-3.
- Grueling seventh sport, however Alex Eala holds to regain the lead, 4-3.
- Julia Grabher ties the set once more at 3-3. Nonetheless no breaks to this point.
- Alex Eala regains the lead, 3-2, with a maintain within the fifth sport.
- Julia Grabher holds serve. First set tied at 2-2.
- Alex Eala additionally posts a love maintain to take the lead once more, 2-1.
- Julia Grabher holds serve to like, ties the primary set at 1-1.
Clay season in full impact from Alex Eala 🛝#WTALinz pic.twitter.com/H5uUmAmDv4
— wta (@WTA) April 7, 2026
- Alex Eala takes the primary sport for a 1-0 lead, saving two break factors after falling behind 15-40.
- Alex Eala will serve first. That is the Filipino ace’s first match on clay this season.
- Eala and Grabher now on the court docket. The winner of this match faces Jelena Ostapenko within the subsequent spherical.
- Upcoming: Alex Eala and Julia Grabher’s first assembly.
Alex Eala coming into her butterfly period 🦋#WTALinz pic.twitter.com/GvpZHh13Yt
— wta (@WTA) April 7, 2026
You don‘t wish to miss this 🔥 Right here is the Order of Play for Tuesday, additionally together with three Austrian gamers 🇦🇹 #WTALinz #35YearsUALL #WTA500 pic.twitter.com/hOcOOnhkq3
— #WTALinz (@WTALinz) April 6, 2026
Alexandra Eala of the Philippines serves to Laura Siegemund of Germany on Day 3 of the Miami Open Offered by Itau at Arduous Rock Stadium on March 19, 2026 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Matthew Stockman/Getty Photos/AFP
MANILA, Philippines–Alex Eala begins her marketing campaign on the Linz Open in opposition to house guess Julia Grabher on Tuesday (Philippine time) in Austria.
The WTA 500 match is the primary in Eala’s clay-court swing, which additionally consists of stints in Stuttgart and Madrid later this month.
Eala is coming off a pair of round-of-16 exits on the Indian Wells and Miami Open.
After successive weeks of climbing the charts, Eala has since dropped to World No. 46 within the Ladies’s Tennis Affiliation (WTA) rankings.
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