ALEX Eala dropped out of contention in the main draw of the Guangzhou Open.
Eala’s exit came when she suffered a 0-6, 3-6 loss in the Round of 32 to Croatian-American Bernarda Pera.
The world no. 95 Pera blanked the 19-year-old Eala in the first set and went on to grab the lead after trying the second set at 3-all.
Earlier, Eala joined the Wuhan Open as a wild card and was in the qualifiers of the Ningbo Open as well.
She made it to the main draw of the Guangzhou netfest after scoring a 6-2, 6-2 win over Elena Pridankina of Russia last Monday.
Now ranked no. 143 in the Women’s Tennis Association, Eala made the first round after hurdling two qualifying matches.
Eala first took down China’s Gao Xinyu on Sunday in three sets, 6-2, 6-7, 6-2, before breezing past Russian Elena Pridankina in two sets, 6-2, 6-2, on Monday.
The field in the main draw includes China’s third-highest ranked player and world No. 44 Yue Yuan and world No. 45 Elina Avanesyan of Armenia.
World No. 47 Marie Bouzkova and tournament top seed and world No. 48 Katerina Siniakova are also in the mix.
