Alex Eala may have become the first Filipina to reach this stage of a Grand Slam singles event, but the rising star isn’t dwelling too much on the milestone following her historic third-round victory at the Wimbledon Championships. The 21-year-old knocked out defending champion Iga Swiatek, 7-6...
House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III joined Filipinos on Sunday, July 5 in congratulating Filipino tennis phenom Alex Eala on her latest Wimbledon victory, wherein she beat defending champion Iga Swiatek from Poland in just two sets. Dy, Isabela 's 6th district representative, says Eala...
The prestigious Wimbledon trophy may still be far from Alex Eala’s grasp, but the Filipina tennis sensation is embracing her third-round victory over defending champion Iga Swiatek as a defining breakthrough in her career. So much so that she dedicated her 7-6 (9), 6-2 victory to her younger...
Alex Eala pulled off the biggest victory of her career, ousting defending champion Iga Swiatek, 7-6 (9), 6-2, to book a historic fourth-round berth at the Wimbledon Championships on Saturday night, July 4 (Philippine time). Playing before a packed Centre Court at the All-England Club, the...
LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic saw Arthur Rinderknech falling toward the Centre Court net after a volley and said to himself, “Please stay down.” The Frenchman did — and 39-year-old Djokovic dove to hit a backhand volley winner on match point for a 7-5, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4) record-equaling...
Filipina tennis ace Alex Eala once again found a meaningful way to honor the Philippines after sporting a visor embroidered with the Filipino phrase, "Kapag lumago, hindi na hihinto," during her historic campaign in the prestigious Wimbledon Championships in London. On her Instagram post, the...
LONDON (AP) — Amanda Anisimova served three of her 20 aces in the deciding tiebreaker to hold off Sofia Kenin, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3), and reach the third round at Wimbledon on Thursday, July 2, as Kate, the Princess of Wales, visited the All England Club. Anisimova, who was consoled by Kate a year...
Defending champion Iga Swiatek is just as cautious as Alex Eala in their anticipated third-round showdown at the Wimbledon Championships after both advanced with contrasting second-round victories on Thursday, July 2. The six-time Grand Slam winner from Poland eased past former world No. 1 and 2019...
Alex Eala weathered Maya Joint’s strong start with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 victory to punch a historic ticket to the third round of the Wimbledon Championships on Thursday, July 2. The 29th-seeded Eala shook off a first-set stumble before mounting a gritty comeback to outlast the hard-hitting Australian,...
Alex Eala powered into the second round of the Wimbledon Championships, but the dream showdown with former world No.1 Serena Williams would not happen. Instead, it will be Maya Joint standing across the net after the Australian spoiled Williams’ Grand Slam return with a 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 victory...
LONDON (AP) — The roars began even before Serena Williams stepped on Centre Court. Then they grew louder when the 23-time Grand Slam champion arrived to play her first singles match in nearly four years. And when it was all over and the 44-year-old Williams had performed admirably in a three-set...
PARIS (AP) — There will be a first-time women’s champion at the French Open this year, and two Ukrainian players are among the strongest contenders. Undefeated this season on clay, 15th-seeded Marta Kostyuk showed her strong credentials as she reached the quarterfinals in Paris for the first...
