The surprise comes in Hong Kong: Eala is left without a title after a severe corrective

ByDavid Mitchell

Alexandra Eala suffered a severe correction this Sunday in the final of the Hong Kong tournamentwho lost to Claire Liu, 102nd in the world ranking, 6-3 and 6-0 in one hour and 32 minutes.

For the American, this was her first final in a 250 category tournament, since until now she had only reached the last match in the 125 tournament in Paris in 2022, in which she was champion, and in Chicago in 2023, in which she was a finalist after losing to the Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova.

Liu, 26, was far superior to Eala. He performed five direct serves, had an 88% success rate on the first serve and only gave up three games in the entire match.

Eala, 21 years old and 17th in the world rankingwas looking for the second title of the season in Hong Kong after winning the WTA 500 in Washington (United States) on August 3 against Jessica Pegula, also on a hard surface.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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