Alex Eala stumbled in her first assignment for the season after yielding in the first qualifying round of the Workday Canberra International in Australia on Sunday, Dec. 31. Alex Eala loses in her first qualifying round in Canberra International. (File Photo) The 18-year-old Eala succumbed to...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Twenty twenty-three. What a year. It tried. It tested. But, it also triumphed. If I were to summarize what it has been to me, I would need to borrow the words of Charles Dickens: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Suffice to say, all is well that ends...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Former baseball star Alex Rodriguez and businessman Marc Lore are poised to complete the purchase of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves by a New Year's Eve deadline, ESPN reported on Thursday, Dec. 28. Former MLB player Alex Rodriguez (AFP) The pair began the process of buying the...
Alex Eala hopes to make an early impact at the start of the season next year after being included in the qualifying entry list of the 2024 Australian Open. In an updated list as of Wednesday, Dec. 27, the 18-year-old Eala has been included in the qualifying field that is bannered by 2021 US Open...
Alex Eala is hoping to get more Filipino fans to support her tennis journey when she plunges into more professional tournaments next year. Filipina tennis star Alex Eala (left) with PVL President Ricky Palou. (PVL) The Filipina star seemed to have reintroduced tennis to the Philippine sports scene...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I write this on the twelfth of December – the feast day of our Lady of Guadalupe. While I have always been aware about our Lady, and know a few devout devotees to her, I was never awakened to her presence and power until I lived the last two and a half years in Mexico....
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS It is the second of week of December – Christmas is truly here again! Though to be honest it sounds quite redundant saying that given that we Filipinos have been celebrating since September came around. I write this on a long haul flight en route back to Manila from a...
MALAGA (AFP) -- Italy won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1976 as Jannik Sinner crushed Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-0 to seal a 2-0 win over Australia on Sunday, Nov. 26, in Malaga. The members of team Italy pose with the trophy as they celebrate winning the Davis Cup tennis tournament at the...
MALAGA (AFP) -- Alex de Minaur smoothly guided Australia into a second successive Davis Cup final with an assured 2-0 win over Finland on Friday, Nov. 24, in Malaga. Australia's Alex de Minaur returns the ball against Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori during the second men's singles semifinal tennis match...
The future heroes of Philippine sports will be honored during the 3rd Siklab Youth Sports Awards on Dec. 4 at the Market! Market! Activity Center, Ayala Malls, BGC in Taguig City. Alex Eala (AFP) Leading the awardees are double Asian Games bronze medalist Alex Eala of tennis, World Combat Games...
Alex Eala fell short in her bid to capture her fifth singles pro title after bowing to a more experienced rival in the finals of the Kyotec Open in Petange, Luxembourg on Sunday, Nov. 19. Alex Eala falls short of winning her fifth pro singles title against a French rival. (File Photo) The...
Alex Eala recovered from a second-set stumble to survive fourth seed Anna-Lena Friedsam of Germany, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, to book a finals berth in the Kyotec Open in Petange, Luxembourg on Saturday, Nov. 18. Alex Eala inches closer to her fifth pro title. (File Photo) The 18-year-old Eala, seeded ninth...
