MANILA, Philippines. — Unlike their first meeting at the Singapore Tennis Open qualifiers, Filipino bet Alex Eala defeated Japanese Sara Saito in a dominant fashion this time at the W125 Mumbai in India on Monday.

The 19-year-old Eala topped the 18-year-old Saito, 6-1, 6-0, to open her campaign in the aforementioned tourney and repeat over the latter.
Eala, who had to fend off Saito in their first meeting, 6-1, 6-7 (1), 7-5, banked on a strong service game to key her dominant victory.
Ranked 134th in the world, Eala scored six service games won and 29 service points.
Saito, who is ranked 164th, had one service game won and 20 service points only.
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