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 ...

For 19-year-old Alex Eala, defeating top 10 players like Iga Swiatek and Madison Keys still feels surreal. She admitted she never imagined overcoming such ...

Tennis is gaining more attention in the Philippines, and Alex Eala is glad to see the sport she loves reaching more Filipinos. Tennis is gaining traction in the ...

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.

A few weeks ago, 19-year-old Filipino tennis ace Alex Eala scored the best finish of her young career so far with a semifinal run at the 2025 Miami Open. Not only is that the best she’s done (an ...

The Philippines’ Alex Eala got off to a strong start and was leading the Netherlands’ Anouk Koevermans, 6-3, 2-4, a little over an hour into their match when a downpour forced suspension of ...

A DOUBLES match played on clay courts has always been familiar territory for Alex Eala. In fact, one of her two Junior Grand Slam titles—the Roland Garros championship—was won on red clay ...

Fresh off her stunning Miami Open quarterfinal upset, Filipina rising star Alex Eala looked to repeat the feat -- but this time, world No. 2 Iga Świątek had other plans, powering past Eala with ...

SHE may have come up short of back-to-back wins over world No. 2 Iga Swiatek, but Alex Eala walked away from the match with plenty to feel good about — and even more to build on. “I’m happy ...