Alex Eala and Venus Williams at the 2026 Bad Homburg Open. Photo from Bad Homburg Open/Facebook
The dream pairing of Alex Eala and Venus Williams came to an end Thursday, as the Filipino-American tandem fell to second seeds Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls, 6-3, 6-2, in the quarterfinals of the Bad Homburg Open on Center Court.
Eala and Williams briefly took the lead at 2-1 ,3-2 before Mihalikova and Nicholls got the break with a solid net game eventually closing out the set 6-3.
The second set was tighter in the opening stages, with Eala and Williams getting on the board after trailing 2-0, cutting it to 2-1.
But Mihalikova and Nicholls showed superb volleying and placement to lead 3-1 and 5-1 and wrapped up the match 6-3, 6-2.
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It was still a memorable run for the pairing, who had defeated Alexandra Osborne and Catherine Harrison 6-3, 6-4 in the first round which marked the first time Eala and Williams shared the court as doubles partners.
The popular pair got tremendous crowd support.
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Venus with her sister Serena will be teaming up at Wimbledon, where they are six-time doubles champions at the tournament. The Williams sisters have won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles together.
For Eala, the week in Bad Homburg ends with valuable grass-court experience in her pocket ahead of Wimbledon, where she arrives seeded 29 in singles.
The singles draw for Wimbledon will be done Friday, June 26.