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Though Alex Eala misses out on ruling the inaugural Philippine Girls’s Open, she nonetheless rises 4 spots within the WTA rankings
MANILA, Philippines – Alex Eala capped an eventful month to start 2026 with a brand new career-high world rating.
Eala improved to No. 45 within the newest WTA rankings launched on Monday, February 2, following her quarterfinal end within the historic staging of the Philippine Girls’s Open.
Though the 20-year-old missed out on ruling the nation’s first-ever WTA 125 occasion as she misplaced to eventual champion Camila Osorio of Colombia within the final eight, she nonetheless rose 4 spots on the planet rankings from her earlier career-high of No. 49.
“I feel the targets for January have been reached and for the subsequent six months, it’s exhausting to say. Simply to inch by inch hold bettering within the rankings as a lot as I can. It’s totally different when I’ve to defend factors,” Eala mentioned throughout the Philippine Girls’s Open.
January proved to be a promising month for Eala as she received 5 of her eight matches throughout three tournaments, gathering a handbag of practically $130,000 (over P7.6 million).
She began the yr with a semifinal run within the ASB Basic in Auckland, New Zealand, then made her maiden predominant draw look within the Australian Open, the place she misplaced to Alycia Parks of the US.
Within the Philippine Girls’s Open, Eala swept each Russia’s Alina Charaeva and Japan’s Himeno Sakatsume within the first two rounds earlier than she fell in straight units to Osorio, who went on to raise the trophy by outlasting Croatia’s Donna Vekic within the finale.
“I attempt to take it month by month and I feel this month, in January, having it ended, I’ve had excellent matches. I’ve performed rather well in Auckland, I feel I had nice matches there, and though I had an early exit in AO, I nonetheless assume there was a variety of takeaways from that match,” mentioned Eala.
The grind doesn’t cease for Eala as she took her act to the United Arab Emirates, the place she competes within the Abu Dhabi Open — a WTA 500 occasion that gives vital rating factors. – Rappler.com
