At A Glance
- Alex Eala boosted her Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings this week following her previous performance at the 2025 Madrid Open.
Alex Eala boosted her Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings this week following her previous performance at the 2025 Madrid Open.
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The 19-year-old Eala jumped two notches to post a career-high No. 70 after finishing in the Round of 64 of the said WTA1000 event.
In that tournament, the Filipina tennis sensation yielded to world No. 2 Iga Swiatek in three sets.
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka eventually captured the crown after a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over American Coco Gauff.
Earlier this week, Eala decided to withdraw at the Catalonia Open, a WTA125 tournament, in Spain where she was seeded sixth, to compete at the Italian Open set this week.
The draw has yet to be released at press time where Eala was reportedly second on the alternate list in the main draw after Caroline Dolehide.
Reportedly seeing action in the tournament are defending champion Swiatek, last year’s bridesmaid Sabalenka, and other Top 10 seeds like Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys, Jasmine Paolini, Mirra Andreeva, Zheng Qinwen, Paola Badosa and Emma Navarro.
The Italian Open served as the last WTA1000 event before the Roland Garros scheduled on May 25 where Eala already earned a main draw berth -- her first in a Grand Slam tournament.
Eala hopes to weave the same magic she did at the Miami Open late last March where she finished in the semifinals after toppling Grand Slam champions Jelena Ostapenko, Keys and Swiatek.
A tough three-set loss to Pegula ended her Cinderella run.
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