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The Year That Was: Historic year for Alex Eala
Two weeks before the WTA 1000 Miami Open last March, Alex Eala competed in the ITF W75 Trnava in Slovakia.
Ranked 140th in the world at the time, Eala was defeated in the second round by world No. 266 Valentina Ryser of Switzerland, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6.
Two months earlier, she missed out on the women’s singles main draw of the Australian Open after falling to world No. 134 Jana Fett of Croatia, 5-7, 2-6, in the opening round of the qualifiers.
It marked the third consecutive year she bowed out in the Australian Open qualifiers.
Then came the Miami Miracle—a breakthrough that catapulted Eala into mainstream recognition and forever elevated the standing of Philippine tennis in the international arena of the open era.
Eala secured four straight wins against players all ranked in the top 80 in the world.
Before Miami, she had only beaten two players ranked in the top 100.
Her previous best showing in a WTA event was a second-round finish at the Winners Open in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 2021.
In Miami, she advanced all the way to the semifinals, defeating three Grand Slam champions on her way: world No. 25 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia (2017 French Open), world No. 5 Madison Keys of the United States (2025 Australian Open), and world No. 2 Iga Swiatek of Poland (French Open 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024; US Open 2022; Wimbledon 2025).
Yet, as competition intensified, losses also began to pile up—a natural part of life on the professional circuit.
Eala’s journey was uniquely nuanced, as it came with a large Filipino fan base, including both devoted supporters and critical observers.
Social media quickly became a battleground, with some keyboard warriors pouncing on every misstep to downplay her accomplishments.
Many of these fans, who previously knew little about Philippine tennis or the difference between the Billie Jean King Cup and the Davis Cup, suddenly posed as tennis experts, critiquing her every defeat.
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