Results by Miami Open 2025: Iga Swiatek loses for the Filipino teenager Alexandra Eala in the quarterfinals
Coming from a town with a small tennis pedigree, Eala is already used to being a pioneer for the Philippines, even if she is still a teenager.
In 2021, he became the first Philippine to win a game of Tour WTA and first win a Junior Grand Slam crown with the US Open title of 2022.
The triumph of New York even brought the teenager who prepared the cover of Vogue at home.
Now Eala has announced to a wider global audience, having beaten some of the greatest names of the WTA tour to reach the last four.
Graduated from the Rafael Nadal Academy, he had won only two main-draw drawing games before his extraordinary race in Miami.
Three of his four wins at the WTA 1000 event – the level of tournaments under the Grand Slam – came against the champions of the Grand Slam.
A second round victory over the 2017 French open champion Jelena Ostapeko was followed by a seismic victory over the number five in the world Madison Keys – who won the Australian Open in January – in the third round.
Eala received a walkover in the fourth round when the tenth Spanish seed Paula Badosa retired, but showed again because it is considered an emerging star with a quality performance against Poland Swiatek.
