Alex Eala, with a new career-high world ranking at No. 54, is enjoying a little break in Wuhan, China before resuming her campaign over in Japan next week, shooting for a second professional title and a spot inside the Top 50 WR.
Eala got an early boot from the WTA1000 Wuhan Open last week, absorbing a 4-6, 6-3, 2-6 defeat against Japanese Moyuka of Japan in Round 1 of the qualifiers.
But thanks to a string of earlier wins, Eala improved four rungs up from No. 58 with 1,131 points.
And she’s determined to shore up her drive as one of the seeded main draw players in the WTA250 Japan Open in Osaka on Monday alongside Leylah Fernandez and Naomi Osaka.
The grind continues for Eala from there, strutting her stuff in the Guangzhou Open on Oct. 20 to 26 and the Hong Kong Open on Oct. 27 to Nov. 2.
It’s been a loaded Asian swing for Eala so far with three stops in China.