Alex Eala, Venus Williams exit Bad Homburg Open doubles after quarterfinal loss to Mihalikova, Nicholls

Alexandra “Alex” Eala and Venus Williams bowed out of the Bad Homburg Open doubles competition after a 6-3, 6-2 quarterfinal defeat to Slovakia’s Tereza Mihalikova and Great Britain’s Olivia Nicholls on Thursday.

Mihalikova and Nicholls, both ranked No. 29 in the WTA doubles rankings, needed just one hour and 20 minutes to secure the straight-sets victory.

Eala and Williams advanced to the quarterfinals following a 6-3, 6-4 win over Catherine Harrison and Alexandra Osborne on Wednesday.

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The defeat also marked Eala’s exit from the WTA 500 event, having earlier suffered a first-round loss to Elise Mertens in the singles draw.

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Eala is expected to compete at Wimbledon next week as the tournament’s No. 29 seed, becoming the first Filipina player to be seeded in a Grand Slam singles event.

Alex Eala's Season recap (singles)

Grass-court swing

• Bad Homburg Open (WTA 500) — Round of 32
• Berlin Tennis Open (WTA 500) — Semifinals
• HSBC Championships (WTA 500) — Round of 16
• Birmingham Open (WTA 125) — Champion

Clay-court swing

• French Open (Grand Slam) — Round of 128
• Italian Open (WTA 1000) — Round of 32
• Madrid Open (WTA 1000) — Round of 64
• Stuttgart Open (WTA 500) — Round of 32
• Linz Open (WTA 500) — Round of 16

Sunshine Swing

• Miami Open (WTA 1000) — Round of 16
• Indian Wells Open (WTA 1000) — Round of 16

Middle East Swing

• Dubai Tennis Championships (WTA 1000) — Quarterfinals
• Qatar Open (WTA 1000) — Round of 64
• Abu Dhabi Open (WTA 500) — Quarterfinals

Philippine Women’s Open (WTA 125) — Quarterfinals

Australian Swing

• Australian Open (Grand Slam) — Round of 128
• ASB Classic (WTA 250) — Semifinals

—JKC, GMA News