Eala dethrones defending champ Fernandez to make Washington quarters
For the second tournament in a row, Alexandra Eala has dethroned a tournament’s defending champion. Four weeks after upsetting Iga Swiatek in the Wimbledon third round, the Filipina took out No. 7 seed Leylah Fernandez 6-2, 7-6(1) in the Mubadala DC Open second round, overturning a 5-1 deficit in the second set. In her only … Read more