September 2, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala will play within the Guadalajara Open in Mexico first earlier than trooping to Brazil for the Sao Paulo Open within the resumption of her marketing campaign after a historic US Open second-round stint.
Eala, ranked No. 70 within the stay WTA rankings, is seeded second within the Mexican WTA 125-level tourney slated till Sept. 6 forward of her Brazil stint on Sept. 8 to 14.
The 20-year-old Filipina ace has drawn No. 187 Arianne Hartono of the Netherlands in Spherical 1 tomorrow, looming because the heavy favourite attributable to 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 damage, 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.
Now, Eala units her sights on enhancing her WTA rankings and hopefully profitable her first professional title this yr.
After Mexico and Brazil, Eala is slated to fly to Asia for a number of tournaments main as much as a attainable Philippine staff obligation within the thirty third Southeast Asian Video games in Thailand this December.