Tennis darling Alex Eala sizzled on the grass courts to show the way as Philippine athletes ended the first half of 2026 with a bang. Planting the seeds for more milestones to come at an even bigger stage, Eala won her second WTA 125 title at the Birmingham Open, slew giants in world No.2 Elena...
Alex Eala is set for a homecoming after a grueling grass-court campaign as she takes part in fan events starting next week. Telecommunication giant Globe first announced a fan meet on July 15 at Glorietta Activity Center in Makati City, where Filipinos are expected to see the tennis star in the...
LONDON (AP) — If he keeps playing like this, Arthur Fery might just become Wimbledon royalty. Fery grew up five minutes from the All England Club and now the 114th-ranked player is a semifinalist at the grass-court Grand Slam. The 23-year-old British player, who needed a wild-card invitation to...
LONDON (AP) — As Marta Kostyuk played on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Wednesday, July 8, her compatriots in Ukraine were dealing with another deadly attack by Russia on Kyiv. It 's been the same for much of Kostyuk’s run to the semifinals. On Monday, after Russian missiles struck...
LONDON (AP) — Side to side. Corner to corner. Novak Djokovic kept pushing Felix Auger-Aliassime back and forth along the Centre Court baseline at Wimbledon to retrieve one shot after another. Finally, on the 22nd shot of a grueling rally deep in a fifth-set super tiebreaker,...
House Speaker Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino “Bojie” Dy III believes that "best is yet to come" in 21-year-old Alex 's Eala 's tennis journey. Dy joined the millions who hailed Eala for her recent Wimbledon run wherein she reached the round of 16 before bowing out. Along the way,...
Alex Eala surged to a career-best No. 28 in the WTA live rankings following her historic fourth-round run at the ongoing Wimbledon Championships. While the official rankings will only be released after the Grand Slam concludes on the weekend, the 21-year-old Filipina has already moved up four spots...
LONDON (AP) — On his first match point, Flavio Cobolli stepped up and unleashed a 135 mph first serve down the T that landed on the line and sent a puff of chalk into the air on No. 1 Court at Wimbledon. Fifth-seeded opponent Alex de Minaur could barely touch the serve and the Australian’s weak...
House Assistant Minority Leader Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal refuses to shed any tears for Filipino tennis sensation Alex Eala, despite her fourth-round exit from Wimbledon. "For eight straight days Alex Eala inspired millions of Filipinos with her historic feat in the...
Jasmine Paolini had nothing but praise for Filipina tennis sensation Alex Eala after surviving their gripping fourth-round clash at the Wimbledon Championships on Monday, July 6. The world No. 17 Italian had to dig deep to outlast the resilient plays of Eala, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, for a place in the...
Alex Eala’s dream Wimbledon run came to an end after bowing to 13th seed Jasmine Paolini, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, in the fourth round on Monday, July 6. Playing on Centre Court for the second time before a packed crowd that included tennis icons Billie Jean King and Roger Federer, the Filipina just...
LONDON (AP) — When power meets power, getting in the first blow can sometimes be the key. In a matchup of two of the hardest hitters on tour, that was Naomi Osaka 's strategy against top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the most highly awaited matchup of Wimbledon so far this year. Sabalenka had...
