Australian teenager Maya Joint saved four match points to clinch the WTA title at Eastbourne with a dramatic victory over Alex Eala that ended the Filipino’s history bid on Saturday. Joint survived a tense clash lasting two hours and 26 minutes,

Alex Eala of the Philippines and Maya Joint of Australia will battle for the Eastbourne Open title tonight at 8:30 p.m.

When tennis powers downgraded the storied WTA tournament at Eastbourne, on the south coast of the U.K., fans and business owners in the town feared the consequences. It went from a 500-level event to a 250,