Photo credit: Alex Eala

Local favorite Alex Eala’s run at the Philippine Women’s Open came to an end on Thursday night at Rizal Memorial Tennis Center after she was upset by fifth seed Camila Osorio of Colombia, 6-4, 6-4, in the quarterfinals.

Eala showed early promise, even taking a 3-2 lead in the second set, but Osorio regained control and closed out the match in one hour and 29 minutes.

“Sayang, sayang, hindi nakapasa (Too bad, too bad. I didn’t make it). It wasn't for me today and congratulations to Camila,” Eala said after the match, praising the seasoned Colombian who has reached the second round of the French Open three times and the US Open twice.

Osorio will now face third seed Solana Sierra of Argentina, who beat Thailand’s Lanlana Tararudee, 6-3, 6-4, to book her spot in the semifinals.

In other singles action, fourth seed Donna Vekic of Croatia defeated China’s Lin Zhu, 6-4, 6-3, setting up a semifinal clash with Tatiana Prozorova, who fought back from a set down to beat Belgium’s Sofia Costuolas, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

On the doubles side, top-seeded Americans Quinn Gleason and Sabrina Santamaria reached the final after a 6-3, 6-3 win over Yu Yun-li of Chinese Taipei and Sara Saito of Japan. They will face second seeds Eudice Chong of Hong Kong and Liang En-shuo of Chinese Taipei, who defeated third seeds Cho I-hsuan and Cho Yi-tsen of Chinese Taipei, 6-3, 6-3, in their semifinal.