Alex Eala’s coming of age is definitely a whiff of the freshest air that this politically-divided country can actually breathe, as the 19-year-old is now the newest sporting heroine that the ...

Minutes before, Eala had heard the news that Paula Badosa had withdrawn from their round-of-16 match with a back injury. She had to figure out whether she was going to watch Świątek play Elina ...

Not since the glory days of legend Felicisimo Ampon who reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1952 and 1953 has there been a tennis player from the Philippines as mesmerizing as Alex Eala.

(1st UPDATE) Seeded No. 1 for the first time in a WTA event, Alex Eala triumphs in her opening match in Portugal, two weeks after a historic romp in the Miami Open MANILA, Philippines – The new ...

MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala is once again making headlines for the Philippines as she writes another Cinderella story in the world of tennis. The homegrown Filipino tennis star has been ...

Świątek also couldn’t figure ... Eala said on court. “It’s so surreal … I’m so happy and so blessed to be able to compete with such a player on this stage.” What You Should Read Next ...

ALEX Eala made her debut in the clay season a memorable one at the WTA 125K Oeiras Ladies Open in Portugal. The top-seeded Filipina teenager returned from a rain delay by winning four straight ...

THE hustle continues for Alex Eala as she pulled off yet ... ever Filipino netter to defeat a Top 10 player, Eala assured herself of a six-figure paycheck heading to the next round.

MIAMI — Scour the records. Sift through the score sheets from matches the past few months all over the world, in Trnava, Slovakia, or Bengaluru, India, or Takasaki, Japan. Eala, 19, is in a ...