EALA ADVANCES IN DOUBLES EVENT IN FRANCE

(UPDATE) AFTER an early exit in women's singles, Alex Eala of the Philippines bounced back with a win in women's doubles on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Open 3C Seine-et-Marne in the French town of Croissy-Beaubour.

In the doubles round-of-16, Eala and French partner Estelle Cascino defeated the pair of India's Prarthana Thombare and Switzerland's Céline Naef in a 3-set thriller, 5-7, 6-2, 10-6, to clinch a ticket to the quarterfinals.

Eala and Cascino are set to face the second-seeded tandem of Britain's Emily Appleton and the Netherlands' Isabelle Haverlag on Friday.

Eala, ranked 171st by the Women's Tennis Association women's doubles, exited the singles event on Wednesday following a loss to Germany's Mona Barthel in three sets in the round of 16.

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