Barbora Krejcikova makes strong prediction about Alexandra Eala in future after knocking her out of Wimbledon
Barbora Krejcikova battled past Alexandra Eala to reach the Wimbledon second round, beating the Filipina player in a tantalising encounter.
The defending Wimbledon champion held her nerve in the final set after some inspired tennis from Eala, triumphing 3-6 6-2 6-1.
Krejcikova was ‘looking forward’ to playing Eala and she was certainly put to the test by the youngster, who shot onto the tennis scene in March by knocking out three Grand Slam champions to reach the Miami Open semi-finals.
Eala recently reached the Eastbourne Open final after coming through qualifying, before losing a close final to Maya Joint.
After the blockbuster encounter on Tuesday afternoon, Krejcikova made a bold prediction about her 20-year-old opponent.
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Barbora Krejcikova says Alexandra Eala will be ‘really good in a couple of years’
During her BBC interview after the match, Krejcikova was full of praise for Alexandra Eala. She said: “Uh, I mean, I would like to start with giving the credits to Alex. I mean, what the hell she played in the first set.
“Yeah, I mean, she was smashing the ball and she was cleaning the lines and all that, so, wow.
“Wow, it’s the next generation coming that she’s gonna come up and she’s gonna be really good in a couple of years.”
Eala’s future stardom is far from an unknown quantity at this stage. The 20-year-old recently reached the Eastbourne Open final after coming through qualifying, before losing a close final to Maya Joint.
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