Marriott’s New Face Is Alex Eala. Ours Was a Room-Service Bill.
Marriott just made Alex Eala the face of its biggest regional campaign. We’d already tested what that promise feels like in Manila — solo, unsponsored, at full price.
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Alex Eala’s Toronto Run Ends. The Bigger Picture Still Looks Good.
Alex Eala’s seven-match winning streak ends in Toronto against Belinda Bencic — a lopsided finish that says more about fatigue than form.
Alas Pilipinas Just Won Its First-Ever SEA V Cup Silver
Alas Pilipinas swept Indonesia to clinch its best-ever SEA V Cup finish — capping a weekend that also saw the Alas Girls make FIVB history.
Alex Eala Won on a Bad Foot. That’s the Real Story Out of Toronto.
Alex Eala beat Caty McNally in three sets at the Canadian Open — and spent most of the second one visibly hurt. The win matters more because of that, not less.
Alex Eala Didn’t Stop to Celebrate
Manila was still celebrating Alex Eala’s first WTA title when she quietly won another match. The archbishops, the flags, and the Venus Williams pairing that followed.
Eala Just Solved Osaka Too, Now On To Her First WTA 500 Final vs Pegula
Naomi Osaka was the “uncharted territory” in Alex Eala’s DC Open run. Eala mapped it in two sets — and now faces Jessica Pegula for the title.
Alex Eala Beat Svitolina Again. Naomi Osaka Is Uncharted Territory.
Alex Eala beat Elina Svitolina for the second time in two months — this time as the underdog, on the surface the doubters said would expose her.
Who Gets to Be Filipino Enough?
A Threads fight over whether Leylah Fernandez “counts” as Filipino reveals a pattern bigger than tennis — who gets rewarded, and who gets dragged, for how they handle a Filipino last name.
Alex Eala Has a Type: Defending Champions
Some players build a rivalry. Alex Eala is building a job description: show up wherever a title is being defended, and dismantle it. On Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., the résumé grew by one. Eala beat defending Mubadala DC Open champion Leylah Fernandez, 6-2, 7-6(1), in the Round of 16 — surviving a scare in the second set that had her down 5-1 before ripping off five straight games to force, then win, a tiebreak. It’s the second time in less than a month that Eala has taken down a reigning titleholder. If that sounds familiar, it should: Alex Eala Beats the Player Who Broke Her Heart in 2023 ran on this site less than a day ago, and Zheng Qinwen wasn’t even the champion in that matchup — she was the wildcard rebuilding her ranking. Fernandez is the real thing: the woman who won this exact tournament last year, now watching the quarterfinals from home because of the player who knocked her out of it. The Ledger So Far Start at Wimbledon. Three weeks …