Alex Eala of the Philippines reacts at match point after defeating Iga Swiatek of Poland on Day 9 of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on March 26, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Al Bello/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by AL BELLO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala is anticipated to enter the Top 100 of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) World Rankings as she continues to show heads within the 2025 Miami Open.
Eala, currently World No.140, took down three Grand Slam champions to barge into the semifinal of the Miami Open.
And the newest giant she slayed was World No. 2 and five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek with the 19-year-old Filipino pulling off a large 6-2, 7-5 upset to advance to the Final 4 on Thursday (Manila time).
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Together with her dream run within the WTA 1000 event, Eala now moved to seventy fifth within the live rankings and is anticipated to rise to the highest 100 no matter her finish within the tournament.
The Rafael Nadal Academy graduate, who has a career-high rating of World No. 134, will likely be prolonged invites to the Grand Slams foremost draws along with her projected leap contained in the top 100.
In keeping with the WTA, Eala has tied the very best result achieved by a wild card within the Miami Open because the tournament’s inception in 1985.
The Filipino tennis sensation was only the second wild card to get three consecutive wins over Grand Slam champions at a single WTA event.
She became the primary Filipino to succeed in the semis of a WTA 1000 tournament and take down a top-two player because the WTA Tour rankings for girls’s tennis were published in 1975.
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Eala got her first Miami Open foremost draw win after taking down World No.73 Katie Voleynets, 6-3, 7-6 (3) within the Round of 128.
She beat the World No. 25 and 2017 French Open champion Jeļena Ostapenko of Latvia with a 7-6 (2), 7-5 triumph and stunned WTA No. 5 Madison Keys, 6-4, 6-2, within the Round of 32 before a walkover to the quarterfinals after Spain’s Paula Badosa was forced to withdraw from their fourth-round match on account of a lower back injury.
Eala eyes the Miami Open championship game against World No.4 Jessica Pegula within the semifinal on Friday at 8:30 a.m. (Manila time).
