Manila, June 10 -- Filipino Alexandra Eala advanced to the second round of the WTA 500 HSBC Championships after beating Chinese Zhang Shuai, 6-3, 6-2, Tuesday night (Philippine time) at The Queens Club in London, Great Britain.

Eala, who improved to World No. 33 after winning the Birmingham Open, will face sixth seed American Iva Jovic, who defeated Croatian Antonia Ruzic, 6-3, 6-4.

Eala suffered a 4-6, 2-6 first-round loss to Jovic at the French Open.

Meanwhile, British Katie Boulter ousted No. 7 Canadian Leylah Fernandez, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5, to advance against Romanian Jaqueline Cristian, who won over Chinese Qinwen Zheng, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

German Tatjana Maria, the defending champion, downed Greek Maria Sakkari, 6-3, 6-3, to set up a d...