MANILA, Philippines — Filipino tennis ace Alex Eala and Chinese Jerry Shang yielded to the Chinese-Spanish duo of Yibing Wu and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 5-7, 6-7 (1) at the Macau Tennis Masters mixed doubles at the Macao Forum in China Saturday.
Playing for Team Li Na, Eala and Shang battled hard but fell flat in the second set tiebreak as Wu and Fokina dominated for a 4-1 overall lead for Team Conchita Martinez in the 2-day exhibition tourney.
WTA world no. 53 Eala returns to action on Sunday in the women’s singles where she faces world no. 9 Mirra Andreeva of Russia.
Andreeva was supposed to play with Wu in the mixed doubles but was replaced by Fokina at the last minute.
