By Kristel Satumbaga
Local top junior player Alex Eala has pulled out of her second International Tennis Federation (ITF) women’s tournament in Tunisia on Thursday due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic threat.
Alex Eala jumps pulls out of the ITF tourney in Tunisia due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) threat. The Rafa Nadal Academy orders all its travelling players and coaches to return to Mallorca, Spain for precautionary measures. (Photo from Rafa Nadal Academy Facebook page)
The decision was made after the Rafa Nadal Academy where Eala trains ordered all its travelling players and coaches to return to Mallorca, Spain for precautionary measures.
Eala, 14, was scheduled to play in the $15,000 Monastir Leg II where she seeks to redeem her second-round finish in the first leg.
She was to depart from Tunisia via Frankfurt, Germany before taking a connecting flight to Mallorca.
Eala, the Australian Open Junior doubles champion, won her first pro match last week in the opening round of the said first leg at the expense of Nadia Echeverria of Venezuela.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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