Manila, Jan. 10 -- Seventh seed Chinese Wang Xinyu survived match point and dashed Filipino Alexandra Eala's finals hope with a 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 win in the ASB Classic semifinals in Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday.

The fourth-seeded Eala bounced back from a 1-5 deficit to win the opening set.

Trailing again in the second set, 2-3, Eala grabbed the lead at 5-3 but Wang swept the next four games to force the decider.

Wang led 4-0 in the third set before Eala rallied to within 4-5. The Chinese then won the next two games to claim the match in just under three hours.

"'Til my heart stops. So close yet so far," the 20-year-old Eala posted on Instagram.

Wang said Eala was "an absolute fighter."

"It was a crazy battle from the start to the ...