(Photo credit: Geoff Burke)

No. 2 seed Alexandra Eala of the Philippines will meet American Claire Liu in the final of the Hong Kong Tennis Open on Sunday.

Eala outlasted No. 4 Maria Sakkari of Greece in a rain-interrupted semifinal, winning 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 in two hours, 43 minutes. Eala only converted five of 22 break points, however two of them came in the deciding set. Sakkari struck a dozen aces but also