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Alcantara, Thai partner cop New Delhi doubles title

Rosy Mina
Posted at Mar 18 09:33 PM

Francis Casey Alcantara and Pruchya Isaro the doubles final of the the M25 New Delhi to clinch their 2nd title together on the ITF Men’s World Tennis Tour. Read more »

Tennis: Alex Eala gets to doubles semifinals of W60 Slovakia

Rosy Mina
Posted at Mar 10 01:34 AM

Eala and Mikulskyte overcame No. 4 seeds Vivian Heisen and Julia Lohoff of Germany, 7-5, 6-4, at the TC Empire indoor hard court on Thursday. Read more »

Tennis: Eala reaches doubles quarterfinals in Slovakia

Rosy Mina
Posted at Mar 09 06:00 PM

Alex Eala of the Philippines and Justina Mikulskyte of Lithuania romped into the quarterfinals of the W60 Trnava doubles event with a 6-1, 6-0 victory on Wednesday in Slovakia. Read more »

Tennis: Alex Eala cruises to 2nd round of W60 Slovakia

Rosy Mina
Updated as of Mar 08 11:56 AM

MANILA – Alex Eala of the Philippines moved past the first round of the W60 Trnava tournament in Slovakia on Tuesday with a 6-1, 6-0 win over sixth-seeded Leyre Romero Gormaz of Spain. Read more »

Comeback win propels Alex Eala to Hamburg R2

Rosy Mina
Posted at Oct 18 10:15 PM

MANILA – Filipino Alexandra “Alex” Eala, now at a new career-high of WTA World No. 248, began her W60 Hamburg debut in Germany with a come-from-behind victory on Tuesday. Read more »

Tennis: Alcantara wins ITF doubles title anew in Vietnam

Rosy Mina
Posted at Oct 01 07:49 PM

Top seeds Francis Casey Alcantara of the Philippines and Pruchya Isaro of Thailand emerged on top of the M25 Tay Ninh doubles tournament in Vietnam with a come-from-behind win in the final on Saturday. Read more »

Tennis: No. 7 seed ousts Alex Eala from W60 Templeton

Rosy Mina
Posted at Sep 30 01:00 PM

The 17-year-old Eala, who recently won the US Open girls’ singles championship, was a wildcard in the $60,000 event on the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour. Read more »

Tennis: Alex Eala blasts into W60 Templeton 2nd round

Rosy Mina
Posted at Sep 29 12:44 PM

Alex Eala continued to be in fine form on the professional circuit, whipping out a 6-0, 6-0 win over Shavit Kimchi of Israel in the first round of the W60 Templeton. Read more »

Tennis: Pascua, HK's Chan lose in J4 Singapore final

Rosy Mina
Posted at Sep 03 08:59 AM

Joewyn Rey Pascua and Kwok Shun Dasson Chan lost to Brendan Nicholas Hendrata and Ke Hau Hung 4-6, 6-3, 11-13 in the J4 Singapore final on Saturday. Read more »

Carbonilla, Hou finish as finalists in J5 Singapore

Rosy Mina
Posted at Aug 28 07:06 PM

Heinz Aslan Carbonilla of the Philippines and Chieh En Hou of Chinese Taipei ended their J5 Singapore campaign as runners-up. Read more »

Tennis: Alcantara, Mochizuki suffer semis upset in M15 Jakarta

Rosy Mina
Updated as of Aug 13 01:10 AM

No. 1 seeds Francis Casey Alcantara of the Philippines and Yuki Mochizuki of Japan fell to wildcards Nathan Anthony Barki and Christopher Rungkat of Indonesia. Read more »

Alex Eala loses to German opponent in Poland tournament

Rosy Mina
Posted at Aug 04 02:43 AM

Eala lost to No. 14 seed Katharina Hobgarski of Germany 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the W100 Grodzisk Mazowiecki tournament on Wednesday. Read more »

In W100 Poland debut, Alex Eala conquers Slovak qualifier

Rosy Mina
Updated as of Aug 02 08:17 PM

In her maiden foray into a $100,000 ITF tournament, Alex Eala conquered qualifier Laura Svatikova of Slovakia at the W100 Grodzisk Mazowiecki in Poland. Read more »

US Open to allow Russian, Belarusian players under neutral flag

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 15 09:19 AM

Players from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete in the 2022 US Open under a neutral flag, the US Tennis Association announced Tuesday. Read more »

Tennis: Alex Eala enters W25 Madrid quarterfinals

Rosy Mina
Updated as of Jun 10 06:36 PM

Alex Eala of the Philippines barged into the quarterfinals of the W25 Madrid tournament in Spain after ousting No. 4 seed Xiaodi You of China in the second round, 6-4, 6-2, on Thursday. Read more »

Ukraine wants Russia, Belarus to be expelled from ITF

Rory Carroll, Reuters
Posted at Feb 28 09:32 AM

The Ukrainian Tennis Federation urged the International Tennis Federation on Sunday to immediately expel Russia and Belarus from the organization. Read more »

ITF chief doesn't want 'to punish Chinese people' over Peng

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 06 09:49 AM

ITF president David Haggerty said his organization will not boycott China over the Peng Shuai affair as "we don't want to punish a billion people." Read more »

National players frustrated as PH to miss Davis Cup

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 06:56 PM

Some of the country's national tennis players have expressed their frustration at missing out on the Davis Cup. Read more »

Tennis: Hometown bet trounces Alex Eala in Switzerland tilt 3rd round

Rosy Mina
Posted at Apr 09 02:26 AM

Simona Waltert of Switzerland outlasted Eala in the 3rd round 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 in 2 hours and 18 minutes at W60 ITF Bellinzona tournament on Thursday. Read more »

Tennis: Alex Eala barges through 3rd round of Swiss ITF tilt

Rosy Mina
Posted at Apr 08 03:10 AM

Eala overpowered 32-year-old World No. 206 Laura-Ioana Paar of Romania, 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-0, on Wednesday to advance at the ITF W60 Bellinoza tournament. Read more »