Fifth seed Camila Osorio of Colombia eliminated second seed and hometown favorite Alex Eala in the quarterfinals of the Philippine Women’s Open, posting a 6-4, 6-4 win on Thursday night at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center in Manila.
Eala showed early momentum in the second set, taking a 3-2 lead, but Osorio steadied her game and closed out the match in one hour and 29 minutes. The experienced Colombian controlled key rallies down the stretch to deny the Filipino crowd a semifinal appearance by their top local bet.
After the match, Eala acknowledged Osorio’s performance, saying, “Sayang, sayang, hindi nakapasa. It wasn’t for me today and congratulations to Camila.” Osorio is a seasoned campaigner on the tour, having reached the second round of the French Open three times and the US Open twice.
Osorio will next face third seed Solana Sierra of Argentina, who advanced after defeating Thailand’s Lanlana Tararudee, 6-3, 6-4.
In the other singles quarterfinals, fourth seed Donna Vekic of Croatia defeated Lin Zhu of China, 6-4, 6-3, to set up a semifinal clash with Tatiana Prozorova. Prozorova earned her spot after rallying past Sofia Costuolas of Belgium, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
In doubles action, American top seeds Quinn Gleason and Sabrina Santamaria advanced to the final after beating Yu Yun-li of Chinese Taipei and Sara Saito of Japan, 6-3, 6-3. They will face second seeds Eudice Chong of Hong Kong and Liang En-shuo of Chinese Taipei, who defeated third seeds Cho I-hsuan and Cho Yi-tsen of Chinese Taipei, also in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.
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