It seems almost every time Alex Eala steps onto the court, she writes a piece of tennis history for the Philippines.

Eala made her breakthrough as a wild card at the Miami Open in March, where she defeated three grand slam champions en route to reaching her first WTA Tour semifinal.

In doing so, she became the first Filipina to reach a WTA semifinal, the first to record a win over a top-10 player and the first to break into the world’s top 100.

Eala’s wins through the first three rounds of the Miami Open were more than every player from the Philippines combined had managed at the tournament in the Open Era.

Now, she’s at it again.

On Sunday, the 20-year-old battled past No. 14 seed Clara Tauson 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(11) in the first round of the US Open to record her – and the Philippin

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