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Fresh from a breakthrough title in the Guadalajara Open in Mexico, Alex Eala enters the Sao Paulo Open in Brazil as the third seed
MANILA, Philippines – Alex Eala looks to build on the momentum of her breakthrough title run in the Guadalajara Open in Mexico as she plunges back to work in the Sao Paulo Open in Brazil.
Eala enters the WTA 250 event as the third seed and will face French qualifier Yasmine Mansouri in the first round on Tuesday, September 9 (Wednesday, September 10, Manila time).
Climbing to No. 61 in the world rankings, the 20-year-old Eala is tipped as the heavy favorite against Mansouri, who is at a distant No. 380.
It will be the first meeting between Eala and 24-year-old Mansouri.
Only world No. 27 Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil and No. 82 Solana Sierra of Argentina are seeded above Eala in the tournament that dangles $36,300 (over P2 million) to the champion.
The field also includes Hungary’s Panna Udvardy, who fell prey to Eala in the final of the Guadalajara Open as the Filipina captured her first WTA 125 crown.
Udvardy, ranked No. 118 in the world, is seeded eighth.
Eala rides on a five-match winning streak as she also beat the Netherlands’ Arianne Hartono, Italy’s Nicole Fossa Huergo, and the United States’ Varvara Lepchenko and Kayla Day in the Guadalajara Open. – Rappler.com