Alex Eala climbs to career-high No. 51 going into season ender

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Alex Eala’s rise on the earth rankings continues regardless of a string of early exits — a stretch she appears to be like to finish with a robust exhibiting within the Hong Kong Open

The highest 50 beckons for Alex Eala.

Eala climbed to No. 51 within the newest WTA rankings launched on Monday, October 27, going into the Hong Kong Open, the place she appears to be like to finish her season on a excessive notice.

It was a brand new career-high rating for the 20-year-old as she went up two spots from world No. 53 every week in the past.

Her rise continued regardless of a string of early exits, which noticed her play only one singles match in every of her final three tournaments.

Eala succumbed to Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima within the qualifying spherical of the WTA 1000 Wuhan Open then misplaced within the spherical of 32 in a pair of WTA 250 occasions, falling prey to Czech Republic’s Tereza Valentova within the Japan Open and to USA’s Claire Liu within the Guangzhou Open.

She final made it previous her opening match within the WTA 126 Suzhou Open, the place her run ended by the hands of Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic within the quarterfinals.

Within the Hong Kong Open, Eala kicks off her marketing campaign towards Nice Britain’s Katie Boulter, who fell 16 spots on the earth rankings to No. 79.

Boulter, who reached a career-high No. 23 in November 2024, owns three WTA titles and made the third spherical of Wimbledon and the US Open.

The Hong Kong Open encompasses a formidable solid, together with world No. 11 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, No. 1 Victoria Mboko and No. 22 Leylah Fernandez of Canada, No. 28 Sofia Kenin of the USA, and No. 32 Maya Joint of Australia. – Rappler.com

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