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...
Iga Swiatek is currently one of the best female tennis players in the world, being ranked No. 2 in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) list. Iga Swiatek is a five-time Grand Slam champion. (AP) At 23, the Polish superstar has already achieved so much in her young illustrious career, winning her...
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...
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida (AP) — Nick Kyrgios won a match for the first time in nearly 2 1/2 years on Wednesday, March 19, at the Miami Open, beating Mackie McDonald, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, while wearing a thick wrap of beige tape on his surgically repaired right wrist that he said was numb after he took...
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...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Coco Gauff shrugged her right shoulder and chuckled a bit Monday at the notion that she seems to illicit concern from others when she goes through a two- or three-match losing streak — a rough patch in the course of a long season. “Sometimes when I don’t do well,...
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...
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...
LONDON (AP) — The nomination of Jannik Sinner for the Laureus sportsman of the year award was withdrawn Thursday, Feb. 27, because of the top-ranked tennis player's three-month ban for his two positive doping tests nearly a year ago. Italy's Jannik Sinner (AP) Laureus World Sports Academy...
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (AP) — Former U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland was honored Wednesday, Feb. 26, with the PGA Tour Courage Award as he comes back from brain surgery to remove a lesion that was causing him to have unfounded thoughts that he was dying. Gary Woodland (AP) Woodland, who won...
