Photo from Rafa Nadal Academy's Twitter acount Alex Eala and Oksana Selekhmeteva survived Hungary’s Natalia Szabanin and Croatia’s Petra Marcinko, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5), to reach the semifinals of the Roland Garros Girls Doubles on Thursday, June 10. The top-seeded Filipino-Russian pair needed 1...
Nineteen-year-old Filipina golfer Yuka Saso became the talk of the town after her victorious campaign in the 76th US Women's Open. The Filipino-Japanese Saso made history by becoming the first local player to win a major golf tournament, not to mention the US Women's Open. Yuka Saso The San...
Photo from Alex Eala's Instagram account Alex Eala and Russian Oksana Selekhmeteva dumped Belgium’s Sofia Costoulas and Finland’s Laura Hietaranta, 6-3, 6-1, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros Girls Doubles Tuesday night, June 8. The top-seeded Eala and Selekhmeteva hardly...
Photo from Alex Eala's Facebook page Alex Eala and Russian partner Oksana Selekhemeteva opened their Roland Garros Girls Doubles campaign with a 6-4, 6-4 first-round victory over Belarus’ Evialina Laskevich and Russia’s Alina Shcherbinina early Tuesday, June 8. The win came hours after Eala...
Alex Eala Alex Eala crashed out early in the Roland Garros Girls Singles after absorbing a first-round 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1 upset defeat to unseeded Matilda Mutavdzic of Great Britain Monday night, June 7. Eala, seeded second in the tournament, fought tooth and nail to forge a deciding third set but...
Photo from Alex Eala's Facebook page Alex Eala begins her Roland Garros Juniors campaign on Monday, June 6, when she clashes with Great Britain’s Matilda Mutavdzic. Eala, 16, enters the Grand Slam tournament as the second seed following her International Tennis Federation (ITF) juniors ranking at...
Alex Eala Teen sensation Alex Eala guns for her first Grand Slam singles title when she competes in the French Open Juniors Championships starting on June 6. Currently at No. 3 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior rankings, Eala is expected to take the second seeding based on the...
Alex Eala, right, with partner Oksana Selekhmeteva, second from right, at the W25 Platja D'Aro tournament (From Alex Eala's Facebook account) Alex Eala fell short in her bid of a first pro doubles title with Russian partner Oksana Selekhmeteva in the W25 Platja D’Aro tournament in Spain Saturday,...
Alex Eala (Photo from itftennis.com) Alex Eala booked her first pro doubles final with Russian partner Oksana Selekhmeteva in the W25 Platja D’Aro tournament in Spain Friday, May 21. Teaming up for the first time in the pros, Eala and Selekhmeteva needed only 53 minutes in dispatching unseeded...
Alex Eala Alex Eala stumbled in her singles bid but marched into the doubles semifinal with Russian partner Oksana Selekhmeteva in the W25 Platja D’Aro tournament in Spain Thursday, May 20. Eala yielded to Spaniard Irene Burillo Escorihuela, 6-2, 6-4, in the second round that lasted 1 hour and 40...
Alex Eala Alex Eala reaffirmed her mastery over Spaniard qualifier Alba Carillo Marin with a 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 victory to jumpstart her title bid in the W25 Platja D’Aro tournament in Spain Wednesday, May 19. Eala, who turns 16 on Sunday, needed a little over three hours in outplaying Marin to...
Alex Eala (Photo from the W60 Bellinzona Instagram page) Junior tennis star Alex Eala returns to competition after more than a month when she joins the W25 Platja D’Aro tournament in Spain starting next week. This would be Eala’s eighth pro event this year and third $25,000 tournament since...
