London, July 6 (IANS) Jasmine Paolini of Italy ended Alexandra Eala’s dream run at Wimbledon 2026 with a hard-fought 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory in the Ladies’ Singles fourth round on Monday, booking her place in the quarterfinals after surviving a spirited challenge from the trailblazing Filipino on a sweltering Centre Court.The 13th seed, who had been uncertain to play at the All England Club due to a foot injury, defeated the first player from the Philippines to reach the fourth round of a Grand Sl…
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London, July 4 (IANS) Alexandra Eala’s remarkable rise reached another milestone on Saturday as the Filipina stunned defending champion Iga Swiatek in straight sets to storm into the fourth round of Wimbledon for the first time.The 21-year-old, seeded 29th, delivered a fearless display on Centre Court to defeat the third seed 7-6(9), 6-2, overcoming two set points in a gripping opening-set tiebreak before taking complete control of the contest.The victory makes Eala the first player from the Phi…
London, July 2 (IANS) With the Indian team’s campaign in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup coming to an end, all-rounder Deepti Sharma visited Wimbledon, the world’s most prestigious Grand Slam, and watched some of the top tennis players plying their trade at the All-England Club in London.One of the world’s top all-rounders, Deepti, who did well for the Indian team in the T20 World Cup before their campaign came unstuck in the league stage against five-time champions Australia, was welcomed by the …
London, July 2 (IANS) Alexandra Eala of the Philippines continued her onward march at Wimbledon, scoring a fine comeback victory over Maya Joint to secure a maiden entry into the third round at the All England Club in London on Thursday.In the opening stages of the match, Australia’s Joint took an early lead, looking as sharp as she did during her win against Serena Williams a couple of days back. But Eala clawed her way back, buoyed by vocal support from fans bearing the Filipino flag. In the d…
London, July 1 (IANS) Maya Joint played and won the biggest match of her young career to end the Wimbledon singles comeback of the legend Serena Williams in a Centre Court thriller. Joint, who had never won at Wimbledon before and had entered The Championships on a run of 11 Tour-level defeats dating back to January, registered 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 win over the seven-time champion. She will next faces Alexandra Eala. Serena saved a first match point in the second-set tie-break and then led by a bre…
Rome, May 10 (IANS) Elena Rybakina continued her strong 2026 campaign with a straight-sets victory over Alexandra Eala to book a place in the Round of 16 of the Italian Open on Sunday. The former Rome champion secured a 6-4, 6-3 win at the Foro Italico to reach the last 16 in the Italian capital for the fourth time in five appearances and continue her consistent run at WTA 1000 events this season.Rybakina’s superior power from the baseline proved decisive in her first career meeting against th…
Rome, May 8 (IANS) China’s Wang Xinyu lost to Alexandra Eala of the Philippines 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the WTA Italian Open on Friday, failing to reach the last 32 after a match lasting 1 hour and 26 minutes.The two players had previously met at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, earlier this year, where Wang won in three sets. In their latest encounter, Wang made a strong start by breaking serve and holding comfortably to race to a 3-0 lead in the opening set.From the fourth gam…
Rome, May 7 (IANS) Daniel Altmaier saved two match points to overcome Zhang Zhizhen 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 in the Italian Open first round. for his first ATP Masters 1000 match win of the season.The 27-year-old’s now set up a second-round meeting with two-time Rome champion Alexander Zverev, who leads their ATP Head2Head series 3-1.Elsewhere, Yannick Hanfmann and Jan-Lennard Struff also advanced. Hanfmann downed former Top-10 star Hubert Hurkacz 6-7(3), 7-6(2), 6-2 to set a second-round clash with 18t…
Stuttgart, April 8 (IANS) China’s Zheng Qinwen has withdrawn from next week’s WTA 500 event in Stuttgart due to injury, the tournament organisers announced on Wednesday. The main draw of the Stuttgart Open will be held from April 13 to 19 and will involve some of the world’s top players.Zheng’s withdrawal from the Stuttgart Open means her clay-court debut of the 2026 season will be delayed. Alexandra Eala of the Philippines, currently ranked world No. 46, will replace Zheng Qinwen in the main dr…