After easy win, Eala battles Russian doubles partner in France

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 07:49:12 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Alex Eala overpowered local wildcard bet Jenny Lim, 6-1, 6-4, to advance to the second round of the W25 Joue les Tours in France late Wednesday. The 16-year-old Eala asserted her might and bedazzled her fellow junior player with pinpoint shots to prevail and set up a meeting with second seed Russian […]

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Alex Eala advances to main draw of W25 Joue les Tour

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 04:50:17 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Alex Eala barged into the main draw of the W25 Joue les Tour after winning two qualifying matches in France. The country’s top junior player opened her campaign with a quick 6-0, 6-1 victory over Latvian Anna Ozerova on Sunday then followed it up with a 6-2, 6-0 thrashing of German Fabienne […]

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Alex Eala loses to 27-year-old Frenchwoman in Grenoble

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 06:48:54 +0000

Alex Eala’s upset bid against fourth seed Chloe Paquet fell short, absorbing a 6-4, 5-7, 3-6 defeat in the Round of 16 of the W60 Grenoble tournament in France on Thursday. The 16-year-old Eala started well by taking the opening set, but the Frenchwoman used her guile to outlast the young Filipina netter in two […]

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Alex Eala outlasts Miss Swiss in France’s W60 Grenoble meet

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 04:14:11 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Alex Eala routed Joanne Zuger of Switzerland, 6-4, 6-1, and advance to the second round of the W60 Grenoble tournament in France Tuesday. Eala, who had to go through two qualifying matches to make it to the main draw, showed grit and resolve against her higher-ranked rival to prevail and set up […]

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Alex Eala outlasts Italian foe, gains main draw in France meet

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 03:18:36 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Alex Eala survived Italy’s Stefania Rubini, 4-6, 6-4, 10-4, to barge into the main draw of the W60 Grenoble tournament in France Monday. The 16-year-old junior netter had to dig deeper into her bag of tricks to outlast her higher-ranked rival to arrange a first-round match with unseeded Swiss foe Joanne Zuger. […]

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Filipina teen, Indonesian partner bag Australian Open junior girls’ doubles title

Credit to Author: Jeremiah M. Sevilla| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:10:34 +0000

Alex Eala is the first Filipino woman to grab a Grand Slam title. The teen tennis star Eala and her Indonesian partner Priska Nugroho crushed Matilda Mutavdzic of Great Britain and Ziva Falkner of Slovenia, 6-1, 6-2, to rule the 2020 Australian Open junior girls’ doubles tournament on Friday at the Melbourne Park. Eala, 14, […]

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Junior netters vie in Malaysia

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:00:21 +0000

Joewyn Pascua and Marielle Jarata join Jucutan and Milliam in the Sarawak meet while John David Velez, Eric Tangub, Jose Antonio Tria, Matthew Garcia, Sydney Enriquez, Macie Carlos, Bliss Bayking and Denise Bernardo will see action in Selangor.

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Eala gets Euro award

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 08:33:48 +0000

By Kristel Satumbaga Filipino junior netter Alex Eala capped off a successful 2018 season by becoming the Overseas Player of the Year in the girls division. The plum was awarded by Tennis Europe, citing Eala’s “massive impact in the Tennis Europe Junior Tour” where she ended the season ranked No. 6 in the 14-years-old and […]

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