The Philippines and two of its top tourist attractions—Intramuros and Cebu—have been nominated for significant accolades in the Asia category of the 30th World Travel Awards (WTA), Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco announced, on Tuesday, Feb. 22. (MANILA BULLETIN...
Alex Eala (AFP) By Nikole Javier Alex Eala was ecstatic of the support that she had received after winning the 2022 US Open Juniors title earlier this month and wishes to find time and fly back home to celebrate her victory with Filipinos. In her recent piece published by the International Tennis...
Alex Eala (AFP) By Nikole Javier Alex Eala has set her sights on joining the Women’s Tennis Association tour after her historic US Open juniors’ singles title in New York last Sunday, Sept 11. With three juniors Grand Slam titles under her name—two of which were from the doubles category...
US Open champion Emma Raducanu has pulled out of an Australian Open warm-up event (AFP/BARBARA GINDL) (AFP) -- US Open champion Emma Raducanu on Saturday pulled out of an Australian Open warm-up tournament next week as she continues to recover from coronavirus. The 19-year-old Briton was due to...
Leylah Fernandez (AFP) Leylah Fernandez crashed out of her singles and doubles campaigns Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) after bowing to experienced rivals at the Indian Wells Masters. The 19-year-old Canadian, who is of Filipino descent, first yielded to American Shelby Rogers, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4),...
Leylah Fernandez (AFP) Leylah Fernandez guns for a quarterfinal berth at the Indian Wells when she clashes with unseeded American Shelby Rogers Tuesday (early Wednesday in Manila), Fernandez, a 19-year-old Canadian of Filipino descent, is coming off a morale-boosting 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 third-round...
Japan's Naomi Osaka returns the ball to Romania's Patricia Maria Tig during their women's singles first round tennis match on Day 1 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 30, 2021. (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU / AFP) Naomi Osaka has pulled out of next week's Berlin WTA...
Not many will contradict me if I say that the works of fantasy writer Neil Gaiman and sci-fi legend Isaac Asimov are especially noteworthy for their world-building, for conjuring up a specific universe that we are happy to be transported to time and time again. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that...
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...
