ALEX EALA and Indonesian partner Priska Madelyn Nugroho moved to the second round of the Wimbledon girls’ doubles tournament with a dominant 6-0, 6-0 victory over Japanese Erika Matsuda and American Valencia Xu at the All England Club in London on Wednesday evening (Manila time).
With their track record of success playing together and having won the 2020 Australian Open girls’ doubles title, Eala and Nugroho—who are seeded third in the tournament—played like a well-oiled machine as they blanked their opponents and wrapped the first set in only five minutes.
The second set was a virtual repeat of the first as the 16-year-old Eala, the No. 3 ranked juniors in International Tennis Federation standings and a Globe ambassador, and the 18-year-old Nugroho, ranked No. 21 on the same list, continued their dominant showing and blanked their rivals once again to win the match in just 32 minutes.
The Eala-Nugroho pair will next face the winner of the match between Swiss Chelsea Fontenel and American Ashlyn Krueger and Frenchwoman Oceane Babel of France and Belarussan Evialina Laskevich.
Eala will not have much time to celebrate as she is also set to battle Ane Mintegi Del Olmo in the second round of the girls’ singles tournament. She opened her campaign with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Solana Sierra of Argentina.