September 1, 2025 | 3:21pm
MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala will play within the Guadalajara Open in Mexico first earlier than trooping to Brazil for the Sao Paulo Open as a part of her redemption tour from a second-round exit within the US Open final week in New York.
Eala, ranked No. 70 within the stay WTA rankings, is seeded second within the WTA 125-level tourney slated till September 6 forward of her Brazil stint from September 8-14.
The 20-year-old Filipina ace has drawn No. 187 Arianne Hartono of the Netherlands in Spherical 1 tentatively set Wednesday, looming because the heavy favourite as a result of greater rating and 3-0 head-to-head benefit.
Eala will march in Guadalajara with further motivation after a historic stint within the US Open, the place she turned the primary Filipina winner in any tennis main predominant draw.
Unseeded and coming off a shoulder harm, Eala pulled off a 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (13-11) stunner of world No. 15 and 14th-seeded Clara Tauson of Denmark earlier than bowing to Cristina Bucsa of Spain, 6-4, 6-3, within the Spherical of 64.
The US Open served as the ultimate Slam this season as Eala certified in three out of the 4 predominant attracts in a breakthrough 12 months save for a qualifying stint within the Australia Open.
A coveted predominant draw win eluded her within the French Open and Wimbledon.
Now, Eala units her sights on persevering with to enhance her WTA rankings and successful her first professional title this 12 months beginning with a foray in South America.
After Mexico and Brazil, Eala is slated to fly to Asia for a number of tournaments main as much as a potential Philippine group return within the thirty third Southeast Asian Video games in Thailand this December.
A graduate of the Rafael Nadal Academy in Spain, Eala netted three bronze medals within the thirty first SEAG in Vietnam in 2022. However she didn’t see motion within the subsequent version in Cambodia final 12 months as a result of schedule battle.
