Eala beat Parks 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 in Toronto, winning the deciding set after Parks had levelled the match. The difference was Eala’s return game: she converted four break points across the first and third sets, while Parks could only manage two breaks of her own.
Eala seized control early, breaking in game 4 at 1-3 and again at 1-5 to close out the first set. Parks hit six aces in the second set, saved all four break points she faced and broke at 6-4 to force a decider. In the third, Eala broke in the opening game at 0-1; after Parks replied at 2-2, Eala broke back at 2-3 and sealed the win with another break at 2-5.
The stats underline how narrowly it swung: Parks fired 10 aces to Eala’s two and won 44 service points to 41, yet Eala’s returning was decisive. She won 38 receiver points to Parks’s 25 and converted four breaks, including a run of five straight games in the opening set.