Alex Eala Won the First Set Again. Wuhan Still Hasn’t Given Her a Win.
Alex Eala won the first set, then lost to No. 217 Han Shi 6-4, 3-6, 3-6 in Wuhan. That’s the third straight event where she won the opening set and lost.
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Alex Eala Got Sharapova, Chanel, and a Pass From the WTA. Wuhan Is Where She Needs a Win.
Alex Eala heads into the Wuhan Open fresh off Sharapova’s podcast and cleared by the WTA. Now she needs her first-ever main-draw win there.
Alex Eala Got Called Overrated. Then Beijing’s Top Two Lost.
Alex Eala lost to a world No. 85 in the Asian Games semifinal and got called overrated. Days later, the world No. 1 and No. 2 lost in Beijing.
Alex Eala Won the First Set. Tatiana Prozorova Won the Biggest Match of Her Career.
Alex Eala won the first set, then lost to No. 180 Tatiana Prozorova 6-4, 5-7, 3-6 in Singapore. Next: an Asian Games gold chase that’s still unresolved.
Alex Eala Skipped a Mandatory WTA 1000 for the Philippines. PHILTA Says the WTA Didn’t Sanction Her.
Alex Eala skipped the mandatory China Open to play the Asian Games for the Philippines. Indonesia’s Janice Tjen made the same request and was denied; PHILTA says the WTA did not sanction Eala.
Alex Eala’s Homecoming Has a ₱63,000 Ticket. Here’s the Math Behind It.
Alex Eala’s Philippine Arena homecoming has tickets from ₱618 to ₱63,705 — a 103x spread. Here’s the economics behind tiered event pricing, and how it compares to the Federer-Nadal exhibition it’s chasing.
Alex Eala’s Best US Open Run Ends Against Friend Iva Jovic — a Third Time.
Iva Jovic beat Alex Eala for the third time this year at the US Open on Saturday night, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, closing out a third-round match at Arthur Ashe Stadium that was, for the first time in their rivalry, actually a fight. Eala had never taken a set off Jovic in two prior meetings this season. This time she took one, forced a decider, and led it 4-2 and 4-3 before Jovic leveled at 4-4 and served out the last two games to win it. Eala crossed the court to embrace her friend anyway — a hug that, for a moment, looked less like a rivalry ending than two people who happened to be on opposite sides of it. It was the first of their four meetings to reach a third set, and the first played on a hard court — the surface where Eala has had some of her best results this year. None of that changed the outcome. It did change what the loss means: Eala’s tournament ends in the third round, her …
Alex Eala Beats Her Strasbourg Ghost. The US Open Draw Gets Harder From Here.
Alex Eala avenged her Strasbourg loss to Oleksandra Oliynykova at the US Open, 6-1, 6-4, opening with nine straight points. Afterward, she talked patience, pride, and playing her next two rounds against her closest friends on tour.
Alex Eala Beats Mary Stoiana to Open Her US Open Campaign in 78 Minutes. No Drama Required.
Alex Eala opened her US Open campaign with a straightforward 6-1, 6-2 win over American qualifier Mary Stoiana — setting up a tougher round two.
Alex Eala Finally Got Tested in Cincinnati. She Just Ran Out of Sets.
Alex Eala finally faced a real opponent in Cincinnati — and took a set off a two-time Grand Slam finalist before falling in three. Next stop: the US Open.