\n Published\u00a0Jun 20, 2026 01:32 am\n <\/p>\n
Alex Eala resumed her giant-killing run and shocked sixth seed Elina Svitolina, 6-3, 6-4, to reach the semifinals of the 2026 Berlin Open in Germany early Saturday, June 20.<\/p>\n
Still on cloud nine from a straight-set upset win over world No. 2 Elena Rybakina the other day, the Filipina wildcard continued her remarkable campaign by toppling another fancied opponent to inch closer to another WTA title.<\/p>\n
She next faces another dangerous rival in eighth seed and world No. 13 Linda Noskova, who earlier routed Paula Badosa, 6-1, 6-3.<\/p>\n
The other semis pairing pit world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka and third seed Jessica Pegula.<\/p>\n
Sabalenka overcame a first-set hiccup and turned back wildcard bet Nikola Bartunkova, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4, while Pegula edged Madison Keys, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8).<\/p>\n
Eala seized control early by reeling off three straight games and then built a 4-1 lead, but Svitolina mounted a fightback, winning the next two games including a crucial break of the Filipina\u2019s serve in the seventh to trim the deficit to 3-4.<\/p>\n
It hardly fazed Eala, who responded with a break of her own in the eighth game before calmly serving out the set to take the opener.<\/p>\n
Riding the momentum from the opening set, Eala stormed to a commanding 5-2 advantage in the second.<\/p>\n
But the seasoned Ukrainian refused to go away quietly, stringing together two consecutive games in a bid to wrest back control of the match.<\/p>\n
That proved to be Svitolina’s final stand, however, as Eala kept her composure and closed out the match to complete another stunning upset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published\u00a0Jun 20, 2026 01:32 am Alex Eala resumed her giant-killing run and shocked sixth seed Elina Svitolina, 6-3,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18,35563,32125,29124,35564,35567,35565,35566,2023],"class_list":["post-40600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-continues","tag-eala","tag-reach","tag-run","tag-semis","tag-shocks","tag-svitolina","tag-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}