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Alex Eala of the Philippines leaves the court after her loss to Karolina Muchova of Czechia on Day 7 of the Miami Open Presented by Itau at Hard Rock Stadium on March 23, 2026 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images\/AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
MANILA, Philippines\u2013Alex Eala lost her first grass court match this season on the Birmingham Open doubles round of 16 on Monday (Manila time) in England.<\/p>\n
Eala and Nikola Bartunkova fell to home bets and tournament second seeds Harriet Dart and Maia Lumsden, 4-6, 6-2, Sep 11.<\/p>\n
The Filipino-Czech duo jumped out the gates and led 4-0 within the opening set, but didn’t sustain its strong start.<\/p>\n
Eala and Bartunkova regained their groove within the second, where they zoomed to a 5-2 lead and compelled a 10-point tiebreak.<\/p>\n
Dart and Lumsen, seeded second within the tournament, got here back from an 8-9 deficit to outlast Eala and Bartunkova within the thrilling tiebreak.<\/p>\n
Eala will make her singles debut in Birmingham this season as the highest seed on Tuesday against Australia\u2019s Priscilla Hon within the round of 32.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old Eala, ranked thirty seventh on this planet, split her first two meetings against Hon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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