Manila, Sept. 6 -- Filipino tennis ace Alex Eala reached the Guadalajara 125 Open finals after beating American Kayla Day, 6-2, 6-3, at the Panamerican Tennis Center hardcourt in Zapopan, Mexico on Saturday morning (Manila time).

She will face Hungarian Panna Udvardy, who prevailed over Russian Maria Kozyreva, 6-3, 6-4.

To reach the semifinals, the world No. 75 Eala defeated Italian Nicole Fossa Huergo, 7-6 (2), 6-2; American Varvara Lepchenko, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-3; and Dutch Arianne Hartono, 6-2, 6-2.

World No. 134 Udvardy, on the other hand, beat Mexican Jessica Hinojosa Gomez, 6-3, 6-2 (1st round), Czech Nikola Bartnkova, 7-6, 6-2 (2nd round), and British fourth seed Francesca Jones, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 (quarterfinals).

The 20-year-old ...