In 1985, Eala’s mother Rizza Maniego-Eala earned a bronze medal as a swimmer in the 100m backstroke at the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Bangkok. Forty years later, Maniego-Eala returned to the ...

The Philippine tennis team is bent on improving its performance in the 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games scheduled Dec. 9 to ...

After a historic season, 20-year-old Alexandra Eala has emerged as one of the faces of Filipina sports. The latest example of ...

The Philippine tennis team is bent on improving its performance in the 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games scheduled Dec. 9-20, 2025, at the National Tenn ...

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) revealed on Monday that Philippine tennis star Alex Eala had two “Moments of the Year” ...

Filipino tennis prodigy Alexandra "Alex" Eala has long been seen as one of the brightest hopes for Philippine sports. In 2025, she turned that promise into a breakthrough year, climbing 80 places in ...

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AS she is preparing for the tennis tournament of the 2025 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand, Philippine tennis star Alex Eala ...

Tennis star Alexandra Eala emerged as the most searched Philippine female personality in Google's 2025 year-ender lists. Eala ...

If 2024 was the most tumultuous season in Iga Swiatek's career, then 2025 was the exhausting campaign for the Polish superstar. This time last year, Swiatek returned to play in the WTA Finals after a ...

Let’s be honest here—most tennis fans probably couldn’t have picked Alexandra Eala out of a lineup at the start of 2025. The 20-year-old Filipina was sitting pretty at a less-than-stellar World No.