The 2022 US Open junior girls\u2019 singles champion and world No. 70 Eala came back from a double break in the third set to upset No. 14 seed Clara Tauson, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(11), and reach the second round of a Grand Slam for the first time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On the Miami hard courts in the spring, the lefty\u2014who at the time was ranked world No. 140\u2014sent shockwaves through the tennis stratosphere when she defeated three Grand Slam champions in a row\u2014Jelena Ostapenko, Madison Keys, and Iga Swiatek\u2014to earn a semifinal berth at the event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After trading holds through the first four games, she broke Tauson for a 3-2 lead in the opening set -- moments after the Dane complained to the chair umpire about crowd noise, prompting a warning to the spectators. When Eala extended her lead to 5-3, the umpire again asked fans to quiet down during points, WTA report<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Eala closed out the first set, but Tauson quickly seized momentum in the second, breaking serve three times to force a decider.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tauson raced to a 5-1 lead in the third and headed for victory. But Eala -- and the crowd -- roared back. She broke Tauson twice while the Dane was serving for the match, the second break coming after a double fault on break point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Eala closed out the first set, but Tauson quickly seized momentum in the second, breaking serve three times to force a decider.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Despite her frustration, Tauson saved a match point moments later to force a third-set tiebreak. She rallied from an 8-4-deficit and saved three more match points, but it wasn\u2019t enough to stop Eala from securing her first Grand Slam main-draw win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n