The dream lives on. Alex Eala continued her improbable, fairy tale run at the 2025 Miami Open after taking out five-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 2 Iga Swiatek, 6-2, 7-5, to march into the semifinals on Wednesday, March 26 (early Thursday, Philippine time). Alex Eala slays another giant in...
Alex Eala knows the insurmountable task that lies ahead prior to competing at the 2025 Miami Open, but her heart is ready. Alex Eala faces world No. 2 Iga Swiatek early Thursday, March 27, Philippine time. (Miami Open) After slaying one giant after another -- from world No. 75 Katie Volynets in the...
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida (AP) — Jasmine Paolini is headed to the Miami Open semifinals for the first time. Italy's Jasmine Paolini (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) The sixth-seeded Paolini defeated unseeded Magda Linette of Poland, 6-3, 6-2, on Tuesday, March 25, becoming the first woman to make...
Alex Eala faces her biggest opponent so far in her young tennis career after arranging a quarterfinal date with five-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 2 Iga Swiatek at the 2025 Miami Open. In a file photo, Alex Eala and Iga Swiatek share a practice session at the 2021 Miami Open. (Alex Eala...
Alex Eala’s Cinderella run continued at the 2025 Miami Open after shocking reigning Australian Open champion Madison Keys, 6-4, 6-2, to punch a ticket to the fourth round on Sunday, March 23 (early Monday, Philippine time). Alex Eala pulls off another shocking win, this time, against reigning...
Alex Eala slayed a giant in world No. 25 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, 7-6 (2), 7-5, on Friday, March 21 (early Saturday, Philippine time) to advance to the third round of the 2025 Miami Open in Florida. Photo from WTA and Miami Open Eala, who entered the tournament as a wildcard with a world ranking...
Alex Eala made heads turn at the 2025 Miami Open after stunning higher-ranked Katie Volynets, 6-3, 7-6 (3), in the opening round on Wednesday, March 19 (early Thursday, Philippine time) in Florida. Alex Eala advances to second round of the Miami Open. (File Photo/Alex Eala Facebook) The 19-year-old...
Alex Eala seeks to make heads turn when she goes up against American Katie Volynets at the start of the prestigious 2025 Miami Open in Florida this week. The 19-year-old Eala, who was given one of the seven wildcard berths, is bracketed in the lower part of the 128-player main draw that has world...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I write this on Ash Wednesday – the beginning of Lent. To Christians, it is the beginning of a forty-day period of prayer, charity and sacrifice. It is a time when we remember the events leading up to the death of Jesus Christ, our savior, who died on the cross and saved us...
Alex Eala lost her steam and stumbled against unseeded Valentina Ryser of Switzerland, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, in the second round of the ITF 2nd Empire Women’s Indoor 2025 in Trnava, Slovakia Friday, March 7 (Manila time). Alex Eala (Alex Eala's Facebook post) Eala couldn't get a good grip...
Philippines’ top tennis player Alex Eala has been given a wildcard in this year’s Miami Open slated on March 16 to 30 in Florida. Alex Eala The 19-year-old Eala, ranked No. 140 in the world, was among the four rising teens that have been awarded wildcard berths in this WTA1000 event. The...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I write this exactly a year after my now one-year-old son was released from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where he was admitted for 10 nights due to respiratory distress syndrome. To be honest, the NICU was a foreign thought to me before. I knew of its...
