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...
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...
Congratulatory post from the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar (From Rafa Nadal Academy's Twitter) Teen sensation Alex Eala got a congratulatory message from none other than Rafael Nadal for her latest accomplishment in the International Tennis Federation world junior rankings. Nadal applauded...
Alex Eala (From Roland Garros website) Teen sensation Alex Eala jumped to a career-high No. 2 in the World Tennis Tour Junior Girls Rankings this week following her breakthrough performance at the French Open. Eala climbed from No. 4 after a semifinal finish in Paris, where she yielded to eventual...
Alex Eala in her second Roland Garros Juniors stint. (From Alex Eala's Facebook account) Alex Eala is raring to get back to work after an unforgettable French Open Juniors stint that saw her becoming the first Filipina to make it to a Grand Slam singles semifinal. Now back at the Rafa Nadal Academy...
Alex Eala is expected to improve her world junior rankings for her semifinal finish at the French Open girls singles. The 15-year-old Eala is currently ranked No. 4 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) juniors and could move a few rungs higher following No. 1 Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva of...
Alex Eala becomes the first Filipina to make it to the Grand Slam semifinals after a three-set victory against her Czech foe. (From Roland Garros website) Comeback queen. Alex Eala recovered from a slow start and bested Linda Noskova of Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, to book a semifinal berth in...
Alex Eala (MB File Photo) Alex Eala tries to erase the sting of a first-round doubles defeat when she returns to singles action Wednesday night in the French Open Juniors Championships. Eala, seeded second in the field, faces Spain’s Leyre Romero Gormaz between 7 to 11 p.m. tonight in an attempt...
Alex Eala survives a scare against Germany's Mara Guth to advance in the French Open Juniors third round. (Photo from Rafa Nadal Academy) Alex Eala recovered from a second-set stumble to beat Germany’s Mara Guth, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, and advance in the third round of the French Open Juniors...
Photo from Rafa Nadal Academy Alex Eala guns for twin victories Monday night to follow up her strong start at the French Open Juniors Championships over the weekend. Coming from a 6-4, 6-1 dumping of Natalia Szabanin of Hungary which lasted 70 minutes in the tournament opener, the second-seeded...
