FILE–Philippines’ Alex Eala reacts after successful a degree in opposition to Czech Republic’s Marie Bouzkova through the WTA 2024 girls’s singles spherical of 16 match in Zapopan, Mexico, on September 10, 2024. (Picture by ULISES RUIZ / AFP)
MANILA, Philippines—Alex Eala continued to succeed in higher heights within the Girls’s Tennis Affiliation ladder.
Eala took to social media to precise her pleasure after leaping to a different career-high rank within the WTA regardless of her gradual begin to the yr.
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“Step-by-step. [I] at all times recognize a brand new profession excessive,” wrote the 19-year-old tennis participant.
Not too way back, Eala was ranked as No. 143 within the WTA standings. Now, the Filipina tennis ace climbed seven rungs as much as dangle on the 136th spot.
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This was regardless of not having the ability to advance to the principle draw of the Australian Open per week in the past.
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Eala absorbed a 7-5, 6-2 loss by the hands of Jana Fett from Croatia in her final match of the Grand Slam qualifiers.
As of writing, Eala is at present positioned between Mananchaya Sawangkaew of Thailand (137) and Hungary’s Dalma Galfi (135).
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