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Exclusive: Alex Eala exits W25 Madrid after quarterfinals loss

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June 10, 2022

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Alex Eala in the W25 Madrid. –ALEX EALA PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala bowed to her doubles partner, Alice Robbe of France, 6-7(3), 3-6, in the quarterfinals of W25 Madrid tournament on Friday at Ciudad de la Raqueta in Spain.

The 17-year-old Filipino tennis star pushed the No.8 seed Robbe to her limits in the first set, but her French partner caught fire in the second frame to march into the semifinals.

Robbe, World Tennis Association No.331, withstood the tough challenge of the World No.419 Eala in the first set, which reached a tiebreak.

The 22-year-old French used a 5-0 start in the second set and never looked back to move on to the next round.

Eala and Robbe suffered a quarterfinals exit in the W25 Madrid doubles last Wednesday, losing to Zoe Hives of Australia and Katherine Sebov of Canada, 0-6, 4-6.

The Rafael Nadal Academy won her first two matches before bombing out of contention. She turned back Romania’s Arina Gabriela Vasilescu of Romania in the first round, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, and beat No. 4 seed Xiaodi You of China in the second round, 6-4, 6-2.

It was Eala’s first tournament back after the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, where she won three bronze medals in singles, team event, and mixed doubles.

The Filipino prodigy has two pro championships in the W15 Manacor tourney in Spain last year and in the W25 Chiang Rai championship in Thailand in April.

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Exclusive: NBA: Steve Clifford to be coach of Hornets for second time—report – TalkOfNews.com

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Oct 9, 2019; Atlanta, GA, USA; Orlando Magic head coach Steve Clifford reacts during the second half against the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena. Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

Steve Clifford agreed to a multi-year deal on Friday for a second tour of duty as coach of the Charlotte Hornets, according to multiple reports.

The 60-year-old Clifford went 196-214 with two playoff appearances in five seasons with the club from 2013-18. He was fired after going 36-46 in the 2017-18 campaign.

The move comes after Golden State Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson agreed to become coach of the Hornets and later reneged on the deal.

After being dismissed by Charlotte, Clifford spent three seasons with the Orlando Magic and went 96-131. He has an overall mark of 292-345 in eight NBA seasons.

Clifford’s first two Orlando squads made the postseason but his final team went 21-51, the third-worst record in the league. Clifford and the Magic elected to part ways following the campaign.

Clifford spent last season in a consulting role for the Brooklyn Nets.

Clifford is just 11 wins shy of matching the Charlotte record for coaching victories held by Allan Bristow (207 from 1991-96).

Charlotte also considered veteran coach Mike D’Antoni for the job.

The Hornets fired James Borrego after going 43-39 last season. Charlotte lost to the Atlanta Hawks in a play-in game to miss the postseason for the sixth straight season.

Borrego went 138-163 in his four seasons with the Hornets. Last season was his only winning campaign.

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It’s almost 30 years since a Blues team came back to win a State of Origin series after losing the opener in Sydney, but two stars of that memorable NSW team of 1994 have laid down a blueprint for Brad Fittler’s men to follow.

Brilliant fullback Tim Brasher and giant back-rower Paul Sironen admitted things looked bleak for the Blues when Mark Coyne scored the famous last-minute try to win the Queenslanders an epic Game One that series.

“I know how this team feels – because it’s the same way we felt back in ’94,” Sironen, now a member of the Blues’ management team, told Wide World of Sports from Perth.

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“When you have game one at home you just have to win it – and we blew it.

“We didn’t play as well as we could have and we didn’t execute the way we trained and we knew we were really going to be up against it for the rest of the series.