Eala misses career-high ranking after Shnaider loss, taking 108 points and £24,975
Alex Eala lost to Diana Shnaider in three sets at the Pan Pacific Open and missed out on a career-high ranking, taking 108 points and £24,975 in prize money for the week. The world No 18 took the first set 6-2 but went down 2-6 7-6 (5) 6-4 in two hours 53 minutes.
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A campanha de Alex Eala no Pan Pacific Open terminou com uma derrota em três sets para Diana Shnaider que custou à filipina o melhor ranking da carreira, deixando-a com 108 pontos no ranking e £24.975 em premiação pela semana.
Eala, número 18 do mundo, levou o primeiro set por 6-2 em 36 minutos depois de acertar 14 winners contra 10 erros não forçados e salvar todos os três break points que enfrentou. Ela então teve break points no 4-4 do segundo set, com chance de sacar para a partida, mas a russa, de 22 anos, resistiu e forçou um tie-break, que venceu após uma hora e 23 minutos de segundo set.
O terceiro set virou quando Shnaider, número 13 do mundo, converteu seu primeiro break point para liderar por 2-1. Perdendo por 3-2, Eala precisou do fisioterapeuta e recebeu atendimento no pé e no tornozelo direito durante um tempo médico; ela seguiu lutando, mas Shnaider fechou a partida em 2-6, 7-6 (5) e 6-4 em duas horas e 53 minutos.
Shnaider converteu apenas um dos seus nove break points, enquanto Eala ficou em 2 de 10, mas a consistência da semifinalista de Roland Garros foi decisiva.
Uma vitória teria levado Eala ao 16º lugar da carreira. Em vez disso, ela fica com 108 pontos no torneio, enquanto Shnaider vai a 2.933 pontos — 12ª, logo atrás de Iva Jovic — e enfrenta Mia Pohankova na semifinal de sábado.
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