Alex Eala and Carlyn Guarde fashioned out victories in contrasting fashions to set the pace in the first Cebuana Lhuillier WTA Future Stars Qualifiers at the Valle Verde Country Club in Pasig on Friday.

Eala, one of the country’s fast-rising stars, dominated Bliss Bayking, 6-0, 6-1, in the 14-and-under division while Guarde survived Aubrey Calma, 6-3, 7-6, in a tiebreak thriller in the 16-U category of the three-day event which will select the Philippines’ representatives to the WTA Future Stars tournament in Singapore next month.

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