Washington, Aug. 2 -- Alexandra Eala left no doubt about her women's singles title ambitions at the Mubadala DC Open, defeating Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka in the semi-finals.
The Filipina star with a growing following in the United States produced a dominant exhibition of tennis in Washington D.C., dismissing the World no. 13 in straight sets: 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday.
Her dominance was evident in the service statistics, with the 21-year-old winning 71 percent of first-serve points, and 79 percent of second-serve points, while only giving away one double fault the entire match.
Osaka was only able to break Eala once in the first set, leveling the score at 2-2, before Eala broke back at 5-4 and closed out the set on service. By then, th...