ALEX Eala is on fire.
The Pinay ace, who will turn 16 this year, has been steadily racking up the wins to ring in 2021, winning her first-ever pro berth just this week before plunging headlong into another tournament. As of writing, she’s about to embark on the third leg of the W15 Manacor in Mallorca, Spain.
Tennis has defined the life of this young netter ever since she was a little kid. (The trophies then were much taller than her.) Here’s a running timeline of her career so far.
2013
Eala first started training for tennis at the age of four, before joining her first tournament two years later.
But major press coverage for her career appears to have begun in 2013.
In April, she tops the 10-under category in the Truflex championship series in Cebu, besting Hong Kong’s Chul Kei-leun. (Future 2021 foe Adithya Karunaratne also participates in that tournament, nabbing the girls’ 12-and-under and 14-and-under trophies.)
In December, the eight-year-old flies Stateside to complete her grand slam for the Little Mo international tournaments, emerging as champion of the girls’ 8-and-under category. Older brother Miko is a runner-up in the boys’ 11-and-under.
2015
In Croatia, Alex wins the Dubrovnik Dud Bowl Championship for 11 and under girls.
There are many who will congratulate them when they win. However, if they lose, we want to be there to help them process the emotional dip and to get them through it with new motivation to learn from their match,” they said.
2017
Alex ranks #1 in the Asian Tennis Federation. Together with Indonesia’s Priska Madelyn Nugroho, she is awarded as Doubles Player of the Year by Tennis Europe.
