{"id":46114,"date":"2026-08-03T15:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/46114\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:50:31","slug":"alex-eala-jessica-pegula-dc-open-final-resumes-aug-4-ph-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/46114\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Eala, Jessica Pegula DC Open Final Resumes Aug. 4 (PH Time)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rollingstonephilippines.com\/tag\/alex-eala\/\" title=\"alex eala\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Eala<\/a>\u2019s Mubadala DC Open run continues amid losing the first set to American No. 1 Jessica Pegula in the final, which was suspended on August 3 because of rain. The second set of the finals match will resume August 4, 12 a.m. (Philippine Time).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">World No. 3 Pegula is a set up against World No. 28 (6-4, 1-2) when the match was halted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is only their second meeting following their first bout in <a href=\"https:\/\/rollingstonephilippines.com\/culture\/sports\/alex-eala-just-beats-madison-keys-2025-miami-open\/\" title=\"Alex Eala Just Pulled Off the Biggest Upset at the 2025 Miami Open Yet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami<\/a> last year, where Pegula ended Eala\u2019s Cinderella run in the semi-finals in three sets (7-6, 5-7, 6-3).<\/p>\n<p>  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/alex-eala-elina-svitolina-mubadala-dc-open-2026.webp\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #000;\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" alt=\"alex eala elina svitolina mubadala dc open 2026\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Alex Eala records her sixth win over a Top 10 opponent this season with her victory over Elina Svitolina in the DC Open quarterfinals. Photo from Mubadala DC Open\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eala looks to win her first WTA 500-level title in her second finals appearance after losing to Maya Joint in Eastbourne last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She beat 2024 Paris Olympics Gold medalist Qinwen Zheng, World No. 10 Elina Svitolina, and former U.S. Open and Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka on the way to the finals in DC.<\/p>\n<p>Frequently Asked QuestionsWhen will the AleX Eala-Jessica Pegula Mubadala DC Open Finals Resume?<\/p>\n<p>The finals match between Alex Eala and Jessica Pegula will resume on August 4, 2026, Tuesday, 12 a.m. (Philippine Time).<\/p>\n<p>Why was the Alex Eala-Jessica Pegula DC Open Finals match suspended?<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s singles finals at the Mubadala DC Open on August 3 was suspended because of rain.<\/p>\n<p>What was the score between Alex Eala and Jessica Pegula in the DC Open Finals before it was suspended?<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Pegula was up a set (6-4, 1-2) over Alex Eala before the finals match was suspended.<\/p>\n<p>What is Alex Eala\u2019s current WTA ranking?<\/p>\n<p>Alex Eala is the World No. 28 as of this writing. She will enter the Top 25 \u2014 a new career high \u2014 when the rankings are updated Monday, August 3.<\/p>\n<p>What is at stake for Alex Eala in the DC Open Finals?<\/p>\n<p>Alex Eala is looking to win her first WTA title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Eala\u2019s Mubadala DC Open run continues amid losing the first set to American No. 1 Jessica Pegula&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1956,11725,183],"class_list":["post-46114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jessica-pegula","tag-alex-eala","tag-dc-open","tag-jessica-pegula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}