August 30, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — All shouldn’t be misplaced for Alex Eala.
The Filipina pleasure improved her Ladies’s Tennis Affiliation (WTA) rankings by six rungs regardless of bowing out in Spherical 2 of the 2025 US Open in New York.
From No. 75 to begin the tourney, Eala jumped to No. 69 with 40 extra factors within the up to date WTA dwell rankings yesterday, because of a historic first-round victory in her US Open predominant draw debut.
Eala now has 944 factors for a silver lining within the aftermath of 6-4, 6-3 loss within the Spherical of 64 to Cristina Bucsa of Spain, now No. 72 with 915 factors from No. 95.
Previous to that, the 20-year-old ace turned the primary Filipino to win in any Grand Slam predominant draw by beautiful world No. 15 and 14th-seeded Clara Tauson of Denmark, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (13-11).
The US Open serves as the ultimate Slam this season however for Eala, there may be extra tennis to play with hopes of successful her first title this yr and persevering with her climb on this planet rankings.
Eala, who reached as excessive as No. 56, may have solely a brief break with a predominant draw ticket within the 2025 Sao Paulo Open slated on Sept. 8 to 14 in Brazil.
