Iva Jovic is building momentum on the grass, defeating Alexandra Eala to go through to the Queen’s 2026 quarter-finals.
The U.S. sixth seed had no trouble against her close friend, cruising through to win 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday (10 June). She awaits Laura Siegemund or No. 2 seed Amanda Anisimova in the next round of the WTA 500 tennis tournament.
Jovic’s victory was her second consecutive win against the Filipina, two weeks after they met in the opening round of Roland-Garros, which was also settled in straight sets.
Meanwhile, Eala, fresh off her first grass title in the WTA Challenger event in Birmingham, had no answer to the world No. 19’s ferocious forehands across the baseline.
Despite a more accurate serve (66 per cent on first serve), Eala won just over half (51.5 per cent) of her first serve points as opposed to Jovic winning 21 of 26 points on first serve.
World No. 33 Eala was broken five times in the 76 minutes on court in south-west London, as the top tennis players continue their grass-court preparations for Wimbledon. The next Grand Slam main draw gets underway on 29 June.