The Office of the Vice President (OVP) hailed Filipina tennis sensation Alex Eala for becoming the first Filipino to reach a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Final in the 2025 Eastbourne Open. While Eala fell short to Australia’s Maya Joint, 4-6, 6-1, 6-7 (10-12), in a close fight during their...
Alex Eala is simply ripe for success. With tears streaming down her face, the Filipina ace just couldn 't control her emotions during the awarding ceremony where she accepted the runner-up trophy of the Lexus Eastbourne Open Saturday night, June 28. Eala fought well and had her chances to...
Alex Eala fell short of claiming her first Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour crown after succumbing to Australia’s Maya Joint, 4-6, 6-1, 6-7 (10), in the Lexus Eastbourne Open in Great Britain on Saturday, June 28. In a battle of two rising stars, the 20-year-old Eala blew four championship...
Alex Eala said mental toughness is the ultimate key in winning games. With history on the line, it was all heart and guts. Eala brushed off a second-set stumble and notched a hard-earned 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 win over French Varvara Gracheva to march into the final of the WTA 250 Lexus Eastbourne Open in...
Alex Eala extended her brilliant run on the grass court with a rousing 6-1, 6-2 win over Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska to enter the semifinals of the WTA 250 Lexus Eastbourne Open in Great Britain Thursday evening, June 26 (Philippine time). Playing on a windy condition, Eala remained locked in and...
OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — J.J. Spaun faced his first big moment on a big stage in golf and he wasn’t ready for it. He didn’t even have a club in his hand. Spaun was a 26-year-old PGA Tour rookie at Torrey Pines in 2017. He was not eligible for the pro-am and wanted to see the North course when he...
Alex Eala roared to a strong start but lost her steam and succumbed to reigning champion Rebecca Marino of Canada, 6-1, 0-6, 6-7 (7), in the quarterfinal round of the Lexus Ilkley Open in Great Britain Friday, June 13. The 20-year-old Eala dominated early on then all of a sudden couldn’t find her...
OAKMONT, Pennsylvania (AP) — J.J. Spaun is still new enough to the U.S. Open, and a newcomer to the brute that is Oakmont, that he was prepared for anything Thursday, June 12. He wound up with a clean card and a one-shot lead on an opening day that delivered just about everything. Scottie...
PARIS (AP) — Loïs Boisson, the revelation of the French Open, has rocketed 296 places up the WTA rankings after her fairy-tale run at Roland-Garros. The Frenchwoman, who was 361st before making it to the semifinals at the clay-court Grand Slam last week, jumped to 65th in the latest edition of...
PARIS (AP) — Bad starts in Grand Slam finals are nothing new for Carlos Alcaraz, and each time it 's happened he has won the tournament anyway. But not in such dramatic style as Sunday 's French Open final, when the Spaniard rallied from two sets down and saved three match points to...
PARIS (AP) — After beating Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (3), in the French Open semifinals on Friday, June 6, top-ranked Jannik Sinner must find a way past defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the final. Sinner has not dropped a set en route to his first final at Roland-Garros, but Alcaraz has...
PARIS (AP) — Flecks of rust-colored clay dotted Aryna Sabalenka 's back and caked her white shoes as she ripped big shot after big shot against Iga Swiatek on Thursday, June 5, the thud of racket-on-string reverberating off the closed roof at the main stadium at Roland Garros. So used to...
