LIVE: Alex Eala vs Amanda Anisimova – Cincinnati Open Round of 32

• Alex Eala faces another top 10 player in Amanda Anisimova in the Cincinnati Open third round at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.

Cincinnati Open second round schedule

August 18, Tuesday

• 8:45 a.m. – Alex Eala vs Amanda Anisimova

LIVE UPDATES: Alex Eala vs Amanda Anisimova – Cincinnati Open Round of 32

Fresher Alex Eala clashes with another top-10 player in Anisimova

Alex Eala got off her Cincinnati Open debut in a manner of finish she really didn’t want as second round foe Elena-Gabriela Ruse retired while trailing because of a foot injury.

A 6-1, 3-0 win, carved out after the Filipina ace won the last six games of the first set after being broken in her first service game, had Eala advancing to the chance of taking out another Top 10 WTA player in Amanda Anisimova on Tuesday (Manila time).

This will be the first meeting between the two, and at stake is the chance to take on reigning Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova, the Czech who will play an Eala victim, Clara Tauson of Denmark, in the third round. And Eala would just be all too willing to chalk up a win over Anisimova and add her to a list of top 10 victims that led to a maiden WTA title in Washington DC two weeks ago.

Anisimova looks to ‘thrive’ off crowd energy in Alex Eala match

World number 10 Amanda Anisimova is unfazed by Alex Eala’s massive crowd support ahead of their third-round duel at the Cincinnati Open in Ohio.

Despite playing on home turf, the ninth-seed American expects to see a stadium filled with more fans rallying behind the WTA Tour’s hottest draw in Eala.

Anisimova also sees herself thriving in the high-energy atmosphere, which was once described by four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka as “more like a basketball game” than a tennis match.

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