Alexandra Eala of the Philippines brushed ⁠aside Ukrainian Oleksandra Oliynykova ⁠6-1, 6-4 on Friday to reach the third ⁠round of the US Open, keeping alive the buzz for her fervent following in New York.The 21-year-old left hander lost to Oliynykova in Strasbourg earlier this year but had the right formula this time around; Eala needing little more than ‌an hour to book a third-round meeting with No 14 seed Iva Jovic of the USA.“My patience and the consistency of my focus [were] the key to winning the match today,” Eala said.Fresh from claiming her first career title in Washington last month, Eala won the opening four games across a dominant first set, striking ‌11 winners to none from her opponent.The two players traded breaks in a far more competitive second set, where Eala broke from the baseline in ‌the seventh game before slamming her foot on the gas and wrapping up the win with an ⁠unreturnable serve.The first player from the Philippines to win ‌a WTA Tour-level match, Eala was urged on by her compatriots in Louis Armstrong Stadium, where signs in Tagalog urged her to “fight ‌on”.