Alex Eala hopes to regain her bearings when she clashes with veteran Donna Vekic at the start of the Berlin Open 2026 in Germany on Wednesday afternoon, June 17. Match is at 5 p.m. (Philippine time) at the Steffi Graf Stadium with the 21-year-old Eala seeking to rediscover her form after a...
Alex Eala faces an early uphill battle at the Berlin Open 2026 after landing in the lower half of a stacked field that could set up a second-round showdown with world No.2 and 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina. For that to happen, though, the 21-year-old Filipina ace must first get past a...
Alex Eala gets herself a few days of rest and recovery before resuming her grass court campaign at the Berlin Tennis Open 2026 in Germany next week. The 21-year-old Filipina ace has been on a hectic schedule, having captured the Birmingham Open title over the weekend before immediately shifting her...
Alex Eala suffered another defeat at the hands of close friend Iva Jovic, 2-6, 2-6, in the second round of the HSBC Championships at the Queen’s Club on Wednesday, June 10. The unseeded Eala, ranked No. 33 in the world, struggled to match the sixth-seeded Jovic and bowed out after just 76...
Alex Eala showed no signs of fatigue as she dispatched multiple Grand Slam doubles champion Shuai Zhang, 6-3, 6-2, to launch her HSBC Championships campaign in emphatic fashion at the Queen’s Club late Tuesday, June 9 (Philippine time). Fresh off her title run at the Birmingham Classic over the...
It seems that fate has a lot in store for close friends Alex Eala and Iva Jovic as they are set on a collision course at the Queen’s Club Championships in London, England this week. The two players are bracketed in the lower half of the draw and are expected to clash with each other should they...
Alex Eala downplayed being mentioned alongside past champions of the Birmingham Classic, saying she prefers not to compare herself to those great players and is simply focused on improving her game. “It sounds really beautiful, of course. All those names you’ve mentioned are tennis greats, and...
Alex Eala recovered from a tight opening-set stumble and turned back Nikola Bartunkova, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, to capture the 2026 Birmingham Classic title in Great Britain on Sunday, June 7. It was Eala’s second WTA singles title after reigning supreme in the WTA 125 Guadalajara Open in Mexico last...
Alex Eala shrugged off a second-set hiccup and two rain delays to beat Rebeka Masarova, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, and storm into the final of the Birmingham Open in Great Britain early Sunday, June 7 (Philippine time). The top-seeded Filipina held her nerve against Masarova’s powerful serve to move within a...
Filipina tennis ace Alex Eala stretched her win streak on grass after repeating over Thai Mananchaya Sawangkaew, 6-3, 6-2, to march into the semifinal of the WTA 125 Birmingham Open in the United Kingdom early Saturday, June 6 (Philippine time). In the all-Southeast Asian quarters duel, the...
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Filipina netter Alex Eala got off to a rousing start before completing an epic second-set comeback to hold off Russia’s Alina Charaeva, 6-2, 7-5, and advance to the quarterfinal of the WTA 125 Birmingham Open in the United Kingdom Thursday, June 4. Following a dominant showing in the opening...
