MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala dominated Leyre Romero Gormaz of Spain, 6-1, 6-0 to kick off her W60 Trnava campaign on a rousing note on Wednesday (Manila time) in Slovakia. Coming off a month-long vacation, the 17-year-old Filipino hardly missed a beat as she made quick work of the No.6 seed in the round of 32. Eala blanked Romero Gormaz in the second set to advance to the round of 16, where she will face Sonay Kartal of Great Britain. The Rafael Nadal Academy scholar will also see action in the doubles as she and Lithuania's Justina Mikulskyte will face Ela Platenikova and Nina Vargova of Slovakia in the Round of 16.

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