ALEX EALA’S SINGAPORE EXIT WILL HURT FOR MORE THAN JUST THE SCORELINE — BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED ELSEWHERE IN THE DRAW THAT HAD QUIETLY TURNED THIS INTO ONE OF HER BEST TITLE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE SEASON. The third seed looked on course for the quarterfinals after taking the opening set and moving 4-2 ahead in the second against Tatiana Prozorova. Instead, three exhausting hours ended in a 6-4, 5-7, 3-6 defeat — despite a packed crowd overwhelmingly behind the Filipina. Yet once Eala looks beyond the match itself, the result may sting even more. Several developments around her section of the draw had dramatically changed what her road through Singapore could have looked like.

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Alex Eala has suffered a shock defeat in her opening match of the Singapore Open, losing to Tatiana Prozorova. Eala was feeling fit and ready for her first test at… Read more