Alex Eala pulled the rug from under fifth seed and former World No. 58 Jaqueline Cristian of Romania, 7-6(5), 6-7(1), 6-2, in the first round of the W100 Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain on Wednesday.
It took Eala three hours and one minute to get past Cristian at the Peña Vitoriana Tenis Club.
Eala screamed in delight when she clinched the hard-fought win on her second match point, 6-2.
With the victory, WTA World No. 258 Eala will take on 19-year-old Chinese qualifier and World No. 840 Tianmi Mi in the second round on Thursday.
The Pinay is also scheduled to play alongside Marina Bassols Ribera of Spain in the quarterfinals later in the day against Diana Marcinkevica of Latvia and Estelle Cascino of France.
Eala and Bassols Ribera kicked off their doubles campaign with a 6-2, 6-2 stunner against second seeds Ankita Raina and Prarthana Thombare of India.
The W100 Vitoria-Gasteiz offers $100,000 in total prize money.
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