Tennis

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 21:59:26 +0000

For the second straight day, Alex Eala was up against a Frenchwoman, and for the second straight time, the Philippine sports princess produced another virtuoso performance. Combining blazing serves with punishing groundstrokes, Eala outclassed Diana Martynov, 6-1, 6-2, and made it to the main draw of the W80 Poitiers tournament in France. Interestingly, it was […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 06:59:42 +0000

Jose Marie Pague turned back Vince Tugade, 6-1, 6-4, yesterday that set in motion his bid to replicate his dream run in 2017 at the start of the 39th Philippine Columbian Association Open Tennis Championships Saturday (Oct. 22) at its indoor shell court in Plaza Dilao, Paco. The victory sent the 24-year-old Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay native […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 03:00:44 +0000

By NIKOLE JAVIER Alex Eala won’t see the end of the W60 Hamburg as she crashed out of the second round on Thursday, Oct. 20 (Friday in Manila time) at the Hamburger Tennis-Verband, Germany.  The 17-year-old, whose WTA ranking rose to a career-high No. 248, was handed an early exit by top seed Ysaline Bonaventure […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 05:38:33 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Alex Eala bucked a slow start and turned back Ekaterina Kazionova, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, to advance to the second round of the W60 Hamburg International Tennis Federation (ITF) event in Germany Tuesday, Oct. 18. It was a tough match for Eala, who needed two hours and 44 minutes before edging her Russian […]