Rising star from the Philippines Alexandra “Alex” Eala was eliminated in the first round in her debut at Wimbledon on Tuesday, but she gave the defending women’s champion Barbora Krejcikova a scare, who had to power back from a set down to beat the Filipina.

Barbora Krejcikova has come back to avoid becoming the second consecutive Wimbledon women's champion to lose in the first round a year later

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