MANILA, Philippines -- Filipino tennis ace and world No. 19 Alex Eala suffered her worst lost of the 2026 season after falling to Chinese qualifier and world No. 217 Shi Han, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, in the WTA 1000 Wuhan Open at the Dongfeng Voyah Center Court in China late Monday night.  Finding herself on the wrong end of another upset loss, Eala lost steam after taking a 3-2 lead in the second set as Shi won six straight games to tie at 1-1 and lead at 3-0 in the decider. Eala tried to will her way back but Shi proved steady with incredible display of shot making to win the match in 2 hours and 28 minutes. This is Eala's third loss in the last three weeks against a lower-ranked player starting with world No. 180 Tatiana Prozorova at the Singapore Open round of 16 then to No. 85 Wang Xiyu at the Asian Games semifinals.