Rising Star Alex Eala from Phil beat World Champions and top tennis players.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Yes, definitely we are all proud of Alex of what she accomplished. Although I have heard of her name before and read her accomplishment, this is the first time that she really hit that hard and beating 3 former champions.

She is rank in the 70's already, so that is a huge jump from her rankings. We can only hope that she will continue to make new record for Filipinos and for Asians as well as the Chinese are the only Asians that are really doing good in this sports. But now that we have a Filipino, could mark as a new sports that we might excel, although this sports is very expensive to begin with and not all Filipino can make it.

The best is yet to come for this teenage Filipina sensation. I have seen some of the highlights of her games and she has solid serves and is almost perfect on all her hittings.
She is still developing; the Philippine government and private institutions should support her training abroad. Tennis is not the Philippines main sport, but with all her achievements hugging the headlines, many will become interested to know more about tennis, just like they did about gymnastics when Carlos Yulo won a double gold medal in the last Olympics.

For sure, now that she got the attention and the country, she might get some support from our private institutions similar to what they gave to Diaz or even Carlos Yulo recently. And that is the thing for Filipino businessman, perhaps MVP will support Alex or San Miguel corporation's Ramon Ang.

So let's hope that Alex will continue on her winning ways and again the dream her is for Alex to win a Grand Slam. That is the ultimate dream of every tennis player and Alex would chase that and again, hopefully she will be crown one day.

[crwth]

I know she has been playing since she was a little kid, and she deserves to be one of the top. I really am proud of her seeing her progress. With what she achieved, I believe she has plenty more opportunities to get back and get even higher results for this one.

[Fredomago]

For other sports like tennis or even boxing, athletes are often left on their own, struggling to find good promoters to make their dreams come true. The biggest problem is the country's economy, and the people in government are too focused on politics neglecting things that could actually bring glory to the country.

Thats true. Pacman didnt gain such achievement with the help of Govt, but they keep being proud or getting credits for that. I think its time for them to gave some serious support to sports athletes. I dont know if there are some politicians pass law or any bill that get funsing for the athletes to let them have support for more worldwide nationwide competition. I think on Basketball they are supported majority by private companies.

I like the idea, not just basketball but the government should provide deeper support, we do have talents but without financial supports they might ends up wasting thier talents and skills, unlike with other countries they supporting their local talents making sure that they'll be able to developed and be competitive to whatever competition they'll show their talents.

Hopefully it's just the beginning of more success for Alex as she's still young and very promising.. Good Job and Congrats she deserves the limelight such acheivements brings proud not just for herself but for the whole nation that she represent.

[Kemarit]

I was not aware that Alex was injured in the semis, Fully recovered Eala braces for clay season.

So we will found out if she really has what it takes to become a champion because clay surface is very different. It's slow unlike the grass or hard court. And there are players that are really good in fast surfaces and then players who are good at clay.

We will see how good she is if he can adjust of this type of surfaces or really just be focusing on just one, like grass or the hard court.

[AmoreJaz]

Just want to make this thread active again as Eala (currently seed #31) is having her winning streaks again at WTA Indian Wells advancing in the next round after Coco (seed #4) retired due to injury. This Filipina tennis player is making noise in the world of tennis sports as she has quite good following among her Filipino fans. After Dubai's stint and now at BNP Paribas Open 2026.



She was ranked 140 last year, same time of the year and now she's seed #31 already. And advancing in the recent match with Coco, I guess, she's going up again..Quite a feat for this player. No wonder, endorsements are now coming at her doorstep. One major sponsorship is Nike, experiencing what they so-called "Eala Effect" on Nike Sales. "Sampaguita Storm" Collection: Following the US Open, Eala collaborated with a Filipino designer to launch a collection inspired by the Philippine national flower, which led to a "rush to place orders," causing Nike to increase production by 10 times."