Alex Eala has revealed how she strives to remain the “best version of herself” after her stunning rise to prominence in 2025.

Ranked outside the top 130, a then 19-year-old Eala stunned the tennis world at the Miami Open back in March, reaching the semi-final of the WTA 1000 event.

The Filipina defeated three Grand Slam champions – Jelena Ostapenko, Madison Keys, and Iga Swiatek – on her way to the last four, and soared inside the top 100 of the WTA Rankings.

Eala became the first woman from her nation to reach the world’s top 100 and has now soared to her current ranking of world No 56, her latest career-high.

She has become the first woman from the Philippines to play main-draw matches at the French Open and Wimbledon, and reached her first WTA Tour final at the Eastbourne Open in Ju

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