Photo from Rafa Nadal Academy Alex Eala is expected to bring her brief experience at the 2021 Miami Open in the W60 Bellinzona tournament next month in Switzerland. The Swiss outdoor claycourt event, staking a total prize money of $60,000, is the biggest International Tennis Federation (ITF)...
Ashleigh Barty of Australia (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP) World number one Ashleigh Barty is preparing to spend the rest of the season on the road as she prepares to defend her Miami Open title this week in her first overseas appearance since the pandemic. The 24-year-old from Queensland elected...
Alex Eala Alex Eala faltered in her first Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournament after bowing out in the first round qualifying of the 2021 Miami Open early Tuesday, March 23 (Manila time). Eala, 15, showed grit in the opening set, only to lose steam in the next two to yield to Slovakia’s...
Alex Eala, right, poses with 2020 French Open champ Iga Swiatek during a practice session. (Photo from Rafa Nadal Academy) Junior sensation Alex Eala gears up for her stint at the Miami Open by practicing with no less than reigning French Open champion Iga Swiatek. The Rafa Nadal Academy where Eala...
Alex Eala (Photo from Alex Eala's Facebook page) Alex Eala gears up for the prestigious Miami Open scheduled next week when she arrives in Florida Wednesday, March 17. The 15-year-old junior tennis sensation updated her fans on social media by posting a picture of her behind a tournament signboard....
Despite a misunderstanding with toll regulators, “Skyway 3 will remain open,” San Miguel Corporation (SMC) President Ramon S. Ang assured the public in a statement issued Tuesday, (March 16). The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) insists that operator SMC can't collect toll until they complete...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Usec. Benny D. Antiporda believes that the nearness of the May 2022 elections will work in favor of the agency in the race to shut down all open dumpsites by the end of the month. (Pexels) In a virtual press conference, Antiporda reckoned that...
Alex Eala received a wildcard berth in the qualifying round of the prestigious Miami Open slated March 22 to April 4 in Florida. The Rafa Nadal Academy, where Eala has been a scholar for the past years, made the announcement on social media Tuesday morning, March 16 where the 15-year-old Filipina...
Over a thousand Grades 7 to 12 students from public schools nationwide recently participated in the opening session of the Infoteach Outreach Webinar Series, PLDT’s digital literacy program, presented in partnership with the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU). “We are...
Naomi Osaka of Japan poses with the 2021 Australian Open winner's trophy at the Government House in Melbourne on February 21, 2021, following her victory over Jennifer Brady of the US in the women's singles final of the tennis tournament. (Photo by Patrick HAMILTON / AFP) Australian Open champion...
NINTH - Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup trophy after beating Russia's Daniil Medvedev to win their men's singles final match on day fourteen of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on February 21, 2021. (AFP) Peerless world number one Novak...
Medvedev will play Djokovic in the Australian Open men's singles final on February 21. (AFP) Novak Djokovic heads into Sunday's Australian Open final unbeaten on eight previous occasions in the title match, but knowing he will need to be at his mental and physical best to overcome red-hot Russian...