Pakistan, July 31 -- Alexandra Eala ousted the defending Mubadala DC Open champion, No. 7 seed Leylah Fernandez, with a 6-2, 7-6 (1) victory to advance to the quarterfinals in Washington.

The Filipina competitor dropped five straight gamAlexandra Ealaes to fall into a 5-1 second-set hole before responding with five straight game wins and then a dominant tiebreaker showing against her Canadian opponent where she won the final four points.

Third-seeded Naomi Osaka of Japan didn't fall into the same trap, reaching the DC quarterfinals for the first time after American Ashlyn Krueger retired due to a right ankle injury while trailing ?6-3, 3-1. Osaka hit just 47% of her first serves and won just ?54.5% of her first-serve points but covered ...