Heavy rains stopped Alexandra “Alex” Eala from stimulating round-trip marathon against the U.S. Varvara Lepchenko in the second round of the WTA 125 Guadalajara, which opened in Mexico on Thursday.
The 20-year-old Filipina Eala led 3-2 when officials scheduled to reschedule the game earlier on Friday. The race was 56 minutes two hours before the suspension.
Ms. Lepchenko, 39, escaped with a 7-6 victory in the first set with a 7-6 victory, and then Ms. Eala won 7-6, (7-3) with a similar score, 7-6, (7-3).
Ms. Eala and Ms. 122 of WTA are the 64-player quarterfinal seats, with the $125,000 match being 280 Nicole Fossa Huergo in Italy.
Ms. Huergo shocked No. 118 in her second round, Poland’s seventh seed Katarzyna Kawa, 6(2)-7, 6-0, 6-1.
Ms. Erra sent Arianne Hartono, the Netherlands’ No. 187 World Arianne Hartono 6-2, 6-2 in the first round, now the highest seed player in the 64-man game.
Russia’s top seed and world No. 65 Kamilla Rakhimova won early boots in the first round against 130 No.130 Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva, 6-1, 7-6 (2).
Ms. Erra has momentum in Mexico after historic history at the U.S. OpenTh– Seed Clara Tauson, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (13-11).
Ms. Erra will also play at the main level of the São Paulo Open in Brazil next week, before bowing to Spain’s Cristina Bucsa in 64, 6-4, 6-3 rounds. – John Bryan Ulanday
