US EditionAlexandra Eala upsets Iga Swiatek, advances to Miami Open semifinal
- Nineteen-Year-Old Alexandra Eala from the Philippines upset Poland's Iga Swiatek, the No. 2 women's tennis player in the world, in a 69-minute women's singles quarterfinal match at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens during the 2025 Miami Open.
- Eala, a wildcard in the tournament, had already made headlines with victories over Madison Keys and Jelena Ostapenko, defying experts' predictions in the first three rounds.
- Eala secured the victory over Swiatek with scores of 6-2, 7-5, converting 8 of 10 break point opportunities, marking her third victory over a former Grand Slam champion in six days.
- Eala's coach advised her to seize every opportunity, as Eala quoted, "My coach told me to run, to go for every ball to take all the opportunities I can because a five-time Grand Slam champion is not going to give you the win."
- With this win, Eala is set to face either Jessica Pegula or Emma Raducanu in the semifinals, becoming the first player from the Philippines to reach a tour-level semifinal and making a significant jump in the world rankings from No. 140 to a career-high of No. 102, inspiring fans in the Philippines and across the global tennis community.
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The 19-year-old who will play semis with the American Pegula has a peculiar story.She was a student of Gustavo Marcaccio at Nadal's academy in Manacor, where she was photographed with the Polish girl, who never imagined that this teenager was going to beat her in a Masters.
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Alexandra Eala was left star-struck by Iga Swiatek in 2023 after meeting the Pole at the Rafa Nadal Academy during her graduation ceremony but the Filipina wildcard gave her idol no quarter at the Miami Open yesterday in a massive quarter-final upset. The 19-year-old played the match of her life to...
It was 2023, a young Filipino tennis player poses next to Rafa Nadal and Iga Swiatek after graduating from the prestigious academy of the Spanish champion. He could never have imagined that, two years later, he would challenge and defeat the Polish tennis player, number two in the world, to reach his first semifinal in a Master 1000, in Miami. And, instead, it went just like this: this is the fairytale of Alexandra Eala, a 19-year-old Filipino t…
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