Barbora Krejcikova has come back to avoid becoming the second consecutive Wimbledon women's champion to lose in the first ...

After months away with injury, Barbora Krejcikova needed time to settle into her Wimbledon defense before finding her range ...

Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova, 29, said Filipina player Alex Eala (right), 20, left a strong impression on the Centre Court on her Wimbledon debut. ‘She was smashing the ball.

Eala bagged the next two games to keep herself afloat, but Krejcikova was just too much. And in the third set, Eala’s inexperience seemingly showed as her opponent dictated the pace, going up 3-0.

Eala skewed a sitter of a volley wide to hand over the crucial break for 2-0, and Krejcikova began to move through the gears, forcing yet more errors from her young opponent.

FILIPINO tennis hotshot Alex Eala made a quick exit in her Wimbledon debut, falling to reigning champ Barbora Krejcikova of ...

LONDON — Defending Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova powered back from a set down to beat Philippines star Alexandra Eala in the first round on Tuesday. The Czech was outplayed in the first set ...

LONDON - Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova survived a stiff examination from promising 20-year-old Filipina Alexandra Eala before finding her groove to triumph 3-6 6-2 6-1 on her return to ...

Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic returns to Alexandra Eala of the Philippines during their first round women’s singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Tuesday, July 1 ...