Alex Eala and Janice Jen of Indonesia notched their fiest win in the women's ouble of the Abu Dhabi Open after a 7-5, 3-6, 10-6, victory ovee Filipino-Canadian Leylah Fernandez and Kristina Mladenovic of France in the Round of 16 at the Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre on Wednwsday (Manila time).
The Southeast Asian duo got the win in one hour ans 33 minites in this prestigious Women's Tennis Association (WTA) competition.
It was a big upset for Eala and Tjen as Fernandez made the 2023 French Open final with Taylor Townsend of the United States while Mladenovic won the Auckland Open with Guo Hanyu of China.
Eala and Tjen will take on the winner between Cristina Bucsa of Spain and Chinese netter Zhang Shuai of China, and twins Lyudmila and Nadila Kichenok of Ukraine.