Tatiana Prozorova vs Alexandra Eala — R16 — Singapore Tennis Open

Tatiana Prozorova, ranked WTA No. 165, beat third seed Alexandra Eala 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the Singapore Tennis Open round of 16, a match that lasted three hours and nine minutes. The betting market had favored Eala, WTA No. 18, at 76%. Prozorova broke twice for a 4-0 lead in the opening set and could not hold it. Eala broke back in games 5 and 7 and took the set 6-4. Serve stayed unreliable for both: between them they held 18 of 31 service games. The second set contained five breaks, the last of them Prozorova's in game 12 for 7-5. The decider followed the same shape. Prozorova broke for 2-0, Eala answered with breaks in games 3 and 5 to lead 3-2, and Prozorova broke straight back in game 6 before a final break in game 8 for 5-3. She converted seven of 12 break points; Eala took six of 17. Total points finished 118-113. Eala had a first-round bye, so this was her first match of the week. She served seven double faults, three of them in the third set, where she won 44% of her first-serve points. Her previous outing was a round-of-32 loss to Iva Jovic at the US Open. Prozorova reaches the quarterfinals on a second straight three-setter, having come from a set down against Sofia Costoulas.