Alex Eala Survives Injury Scare, Storms Into Toronto Fourth Round
Alex Eala needed a medical timeout and three sets to get past Caty McNally in Toronto. A Slow Start, A Furious Finish McNally broke Eala’s serve twice in the opening games, jumping to a 3-1 lead in the first set. Eala shifted her rhythm, slowing…
Alex Eala Beats Alycia Parks to Reach the Canadian Open Third Round
Alex Eala advanced to the third round of the National Bank Open in Toronto on Wednesday, Thursday morning Philippine time, beating Alycia Parks 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 in her Canadian Open debut. She became the first Filipino player, male or female, to win a…
What Filipinos Are Tuning Into Besides Basketball
Basketball still owns the Philippine sports conversation by default. It has for decades. This year, though, four other scenes pulled their own crowds without any help from it. F1 Doesn’t Even Race Here Formula 1 does not have a single race on…
Yani Alexii Lopez Moved Up Three Weight Divisions and Still Took the Gold
Yani Alexii Lopez is 16. She usually competes at 44kg. At the 2026 United World Wrestling Asian and Oceania Grappling Championships in Da Nang, Vietnam, she competed at 57kg and won. Lopez beat Malaysia’s Alison Mae Nicolson, 2-1, in the…
Alex Eala Claims Her First WTA Title in Washington
Alex Eala won her first WTA Tour singles title on August 3, beating top seed Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the final of the Mubadala DC Open in Washington, D.C. The 21-year-old became the first tennis player from the Philippines to win a title at this…
Alex Eala Beats Osaka, Reaches First WTA 500 Final
Alex Eala beat four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, in the semifinals of the Mubadala DC Open, the first time the two had ever played each other. Osaka came into the match as the tournament’s third seed.…
Alex Eala Beats Svitolina Again to Reach DC Open Semifinals
Alex Eala has Elina Svitolina’s number, and she proved it twice in six weeks. The Filipina beat the World No. 10 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Mubadala DC Open on Friday, sending her into the semifinals of the WTA 500 event in Washington,…
Gilas Pool Reshaped by a Scheduling Conflict
Gilas Pilipinas will defend its Asian Games basketball gold medal this September without two of its regulars. Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Executive Director Erika Dy confirmed during the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum that Dwight Ramos…
Alex Eala Opens DC Open Against a Familiar Foe
Alex Eala begins her North American hard court swing with a tough assignment. The Filipina, ranked world No. 29, will face Zheng Qinwen in the first round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open, a combined WTA 500 and ATP 500 event running July 27 to August 2 in…
Malaysia Is Back on the Formula 1 Calendar
Formula 1 is returning to Malaysia. Sepang International Circuit will host the Bahrain Grand Prix this October, the country’s first race since 2017. A Race Without a Home The Bahrain Grand Prix was originally set for April 2026. It was postponed,…