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Filipino tennis star Alex Eala. –RAFA NADAL TWITTER
MANILA, Philippines— Alex Eala will see motion within the Miami Open 2023 as a wild card entry.
The Rafael Nadal Academy on Tuesday introduced that their Filipino scholar was among the many seven wild card entries within the Girls’s Tennis Affiliation (WTA).
The 17-year-old Eala will see motion within the qualifying matches beginning on Sunday at Onerous Rock Stadium.
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek will even play within the Miami Open from March 19 to April 2.
Eala lately competed within the W60 Trnava in Slovakia final week, the place she reached the semifinals within the doubles together with her accomplice Justina Mikulskyte however she was eradicated within the second spherical of the singles match.
Miami… Right here we go! 🇺🇸💪🏼
RNA Gamers Alexandra Eala 🇵🇭 (WTA Foremost Draw) and Abdullah Shelbayh 🇯🇴(ATP Qualifying) have acquired Wild Playing cards to play the @MiamiOpen‼️ Good luck! VAMOS‼️ pic.twitter.com/98XgkiszAg
— Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar (@rnadalacademy) March 14, 2023
The primary Filipino to win a Grand Slam singles title in final yr’s US Open women match is presently WTA World No. 220.
Eala made her first Grand Slam look as a professional within the 2023 Australian Open qualifying spherical, struggling an early exit by the hands of Japan’s Misaki Doi final month.
She additionally reached the primary draw of the WTA 250 occasion in Hua Hin final February however she misplaced to sixth seed Tatjana Maria of Germany, 2-6, 2-6.
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