Alexandra Eala victorious over Varvara Gracheva 7-5 2-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Eastbourne on Friday. Eala is going to play against Maya Joint in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes.
Highlights Alexandra Eala vs. Varvara Gracheva Rothesay International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Eala scored 99 points vs. Gracheva’s 95.
Eala
The Filipino was pretty effective at converting 58% of the break points that she conquered (7/12).
Gracheva
On the other side, Gracheva was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 47% – 7/15). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Eala and Gracheva is 2-0 for Alexandra.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexandra Eala vs. Maya Joint – stats
Eala will compete against Joint in the final.
There is no head to head record between Alexandra Eala and Maya Joint since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Eala started the set in the best possible way after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Alexandra to win the set because Gracheva found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Alexandra kept her cool to break Varvara in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
The Filipino failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
Gracheva was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5. Anyhow also Gracheva won 4 consecutive games from 1-4 to 5-4
The Filipino was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 10th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the French player converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 6th (2-4 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 86 points. Eala conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the French player (48-38). Alexandra dropped 22 points on serve (31-22). on the other side of the court, Gracheva conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
Eala had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the French player succeeded in coming back to break the Filipino 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Filipino was completely knocked out in the last 7 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-2
to 6-2.The French player was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-2 15-40), the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). Also, on the other side, Alexandra was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They contested 50 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Eala (30-20). The French player conceded 12 points on serve (17-12). In addition, on the other side, Eala conceded 13 points on serve (8-13).
Eala started the set strong after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Filipino to win the set since Varvara found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game. Eala kept her focus to break Gracheva in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Alexandra converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Varvara converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40), the 5th (1-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A).
They played 58 points. Alexandra conquered the set after winning 4 more points than the French player (31-27). Alexandra lost 15 points on serve (15-15). on the other side of the court, Gracheva conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Maya JointJoint – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (7-5 6-3)
- Alexandra EalaEala – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (7-5 2-6 6-3)