In a conflict between former US Open junior champions, Camila Osorio dashed the hopes of Filipino followers to see their countryman Alex Eala carry his first WTA title.
In her first skilled match in opposition to Osorio within the quarterfinals of the Philippine Girls’s Open held on the Rizal Memorial Tennis Middle on Thursday evening, the Forty ninth-ranked Ila succumbed in straight units, 6-4, 6-4.
The primary set was a shaky service, with momentum swinging forwards and backwards as each gamers traded breaks. Three double faults occurred early within the set, highlighting an absence of rhythm on her serve.
Nonetheless, Osorio lastly took management with a vital break within the seventh sport and calmly consolidated his maintain to increase his result in 5-3, sufficient to safe the primary set.
The state of affairs remained the identical within the second set, with Osorio and Ila unable to regulate their serve via the primary 4 video games and persevering with to commerce breaks.
Even with 4 wins and 4 losses after eight matches, and three breaks every, the stress was mounting, however it was the Colombian, ranked 84th on this planet, who scored when it mattered most.
Osorio made a decisive break within the ninth sport and served confidently within the tenth sport, clinching the match and stopping Ila from coming again.
It was a detailed match, with each gamers having a good second service win fee of fifty%. The pullback got here from the primary serve, with Osorio effectively changing winners at 59%, higher than Ila’s 51%, and performed a decisive function all through the match.
Iara will subsequent flip his consideration to the WTA 500 Abu Dhabi Open, scheduled for January thirty first to February seventh.
In the meantime, fifth-seeded Osorio has superior to the semifinals and can face Solana Sierra on Friday.
