MANILA, Philippines — All is just not misplaced for Alex Eala.
The Filipina delight improved her Girls’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 start out the tourney, Eala jumped to No. 69 with 40 extra factors within the up to date WTA dwell rankings Friday, due to a historic first-round victory in her US Open fundamental 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 fundamental 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’s extra tennis to play with hopes of profitable her first title this 12 months and persevering with her climb on the planet rankings.
Eala, who reached as excessive as No. 56, can have solely a brief break with a fundamental draw ticket within the 2025 Sao Paulo Open slated on September 8-14 in Brazil.
