For the first time, Alex Eala will be playing for the title in the WTA Tour. Eala scored a grindout 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 win over Varvara Gracheva of France on Friday to advance to the championship round

In Eastbourne, Joint defeated 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu in the Round of 16. She then beat Anna Blinkova in the quarterfinals before ousting Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semis.

IN what is dubbed to be the youngest Eastbourne final since 1981, 20-year-old Alex Eala is set to battle 19-year-old Maya Joint for the WTA 250 title on grass.