ALEX EALA: The Tennis Star Who’s Serving Aces

ALEX EALA: The Tennis Star Who’s Serving Aces

She walks onto court with a calm that doesn't match the noise her name makes back home — Alexandra "Alex" Eala has quietly become the story every Filipino sports fan wants to tell. What started as a promising junior career (the Rafa Nadal Academy, a junior US Open title) has turned into headline-making moments on the WTA Tour: big upsets, Grand Slam breakthroughs and, most recently, a WTA 125 trophy that finally put the Philippines on a regular stop of the tennis map. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} The thing about Alex is that her highlights read like a "how she did it" montage: she upset top players at the Miami Open, including Iga Świątek, and rode that momentum into deeper runs at big tournaments, earning her career-best ranking and serious attention from international media and fans. Those wins weren’t flukes — they were statements. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2} Her WTA profile shows a player on the rise: a left-hander with…

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