Alex Eala (left) and Priska Madelyn Nugroho Alex Eala guns for a third Grand Slam Girls Doubles crown when she pairs up once again with Indonesian Priska Madelyn Nugroho in the Wimbledon Juniors Championships. Eala and Nugroho are seeded third in the event and are scheduled to clash with Japan’s...
Alex Eala (File photo from ITF) Alex Eala debuted in the Wimbledon Juniors Championships with a bang after cruising to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Argentina’s Solana Sierra Monday, July 5. The second-seeded Filipina teen sensation needed only 65 minutes in disposing of her rival to advance to the...
Photo From Alex Eala's Facebook page Alex Eala continues her quest for a first Grand Slam singles title when she begins her Wimbledon Juniors Championships campaign on Monday, July 5. Eala is seeded second in the 64-player main draw field and is set to face Solana Sierra of Argentina in the opening...
Alex Eala World No. 3 Alex Eala suffered a 6-4, 6-1 defeat to Czech Republic's Linda Fruhvirtova in the quarterfinals of the J1 Roehampton in London Saturday – two days before her much-awaited Wimbledon debut. Fatigue was partly to be blamed for Eala’s loss as she earlier played her third round...
Photo from Alex Eala's Facebook page Alex Eala continued her Wimbledon Championships preparations after advancing to the third round of the J1 Roehampton tournament in London Thursday (Friday in Manila). The second-seeded Eala hardly flexed her muscles in dispatching Italy’s Matilde Paoletti,...
Alex Eala Alex Eala looks ready and prepared for the Wimbledon Girls Championship in London. This she proved in a 6-4, 6-4 win over Czech Darja Vidmanova in the opening round of the J1 Roehampton tournament Thursday morning (Manila time) in London. Seeded No. 2, Eala, who is ranked No. 3 in the...
Photo from Roland Garros Twitter account Alex Eala and Russia’s Oksana Selekhmeteva captured the Roland Garros Girls Doubles crown on Saturday after edging Maria Bondarenko of Russia and Amarissa Toth of Hungary, 6-0, 7-5. The top-seeded Eala and Selekhmeteva needed a little over an hour in...
Alex Eala (right) hugs his Russian partner Oksana Selekhmeteva after advancing to the final round of the Roland Garros Girls Doubles in Paris, France. (Rafa Nadal Academy) Alex Eala and Russian partner Oksana Selekhmeteva advanced to the finals of the Roland Garros Girls Doubles after routing...
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...