Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
The progress Eala has made in the past year has been astounding.
AFAIC the sky is the limit for her.
AFAIC the sky is the limit for her.
Alexandra Eala
- Thread starter ghostofMecir
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That joy is infectious. Congratulations to Alex and all her fans who believe in her!Mubadala DC Open, Washington
Final
A few post-match pictures and videos:
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StefanosRespecter
Professional
5'9" is very much not tiny, sorry to be nit picky.
ALCARAZWON
Professional
Indeed.
"The average height for adult men in the United States is 5 feet 9 inches (about 175 or 176 centimeters), according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."
"The average height for adult men in the United States is 5 feet 9 inches (about 175 or 176 centimeters), according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."
octobrina10
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Some Statistics
Alexandra Eala became a Top 20 player after winning the Mubadala DC Open in Washington. She moved up 8 spots to a new career-high of No.20 in the WTA rankings updated after the tournament final on Monday.
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Alexandra Eala became a Top 20 player after winning the Mubadala DC Open in Washington. She moved up 8 spots to a new career-high of No.20 in the WTA rankings updated after the tournament final on Monday.
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octobrina10
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Mubadala DC Open, Washington
Final
Rafa congratulates Alexandra Eala, her country and the entire RNA team:
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Final
Rafa congratulates Alexandra Eala, her country and the entire RNA team:
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octobrina10
Bionic Poster
Mubadala DC Open, Washington
Some post-final moments:
The champion speech:
An excerpt from the tournament owner’s speech:
Fans:
Post-match interview with a Philippine journalist:
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Some post-final moments:
The champion speech:
An excerpt from the tournament owner’s speech:
Fans:
Post-match interview with a Philippine journalist:
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octobrina10
Bionic Poster
Mubadala DC Open, Washington
Trophy photoshoot:
Source:
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Trophy photoshoot:
Source:
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Rovesciarete
Hall of Fame
Impressive ball striking and movement by Ella, congratulations. Big game, big brain and big heart in a smallish frame.
ghostofMecir
Legend
I don’t think we’re going to see an all-court attacking player on the women’s side (we don’t even see them on the men’s anymore), but an aggressive baseliner who takes the ball early is the next best thing. Some of the BHs she takes early inside the court and sends back angled into the deuce court are really beautiful to watch. The footwork to get into position to hit them is very impressive.
This is sped up a bit, but look at the footwork to get into position to take the BH early
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octobrina10
Bionic Poster
Zardoz7/12
Hall of Fame
My expectations for Eala at the US Open is a Quarter Final performance minimum which in itself is a breakthrough.
2027 or 2028 is where I think she'll become a top 10 player.
2027 or 2028 is where I think she'll become a top 10 player.
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
Just how small is her smallish frame?
Please don't start a new 'Alcaraz-like' nonsense of her being small.
Rovesciarete
Hall of Fame
Watch a bit of technical stuff concerning the backhand of Tagger, so Eala felt smallish. Of course, when compared to her fellow professionals, she isn't as much as Alcaraz
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Theferael_me
Rookie
I wonder how much the cheque was for to get Eala to play doubles in Toronto. Six figures presumably.
octobrina10
Bionic Poster
National Bank Open, WTA 1000, in Toronto
4 August 2026
Pre-tournament press conference
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4 August 2026
Pre-tournament press conference
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Moose Malloy
G.O.A.T.
has anyone else noticed the number of views her matches in DC have gotten on the WTA YouTube channel? Highlights of the final have 1.1 million views! That must be a record for any match in the history of the WTA YouTube channel or TennisTV.
WTA(or tennis tv) highlights on average get between 20-60k views, with an uptick here or there. There were spikes with Serena/Venus matches lately(and by spikes I mean like 200k views)
These are the views for:
SF vs Osaka - 1 mill views
QF vs Svitolina - 750k views
2R vs Fernandez - 834k views
1R vs Zheng - 592k views
Also Wimbledon has been posting full matches recently on YouTube. Not surprised to see Serena-Joint get more views than uploads of the men's or women's finals(108k for Serena vs 61k for the men's final). But I was shocked to see the Eala-Swiatek match has 631k views!
I don't know if YouTube views translate to ratings, but I'm very curious to see if the USTA/ESPN puts Eala at night for her first round at USO and see how the ratings compare for Serena's first round(if she plays). Eala may move the needle in a way we haven't seen in a long time.
WTA(or tennis tv) highlights on average get between 20-60k views, with an uptick here or there. There were spikes with Serena/Venus matches lately(and by spikes I mean like 200k views)
These are the views for:
SF vs Osaka - 1 mill views
QF vs Svitolina - 750k views
2R vs Fernandez - 834k views
1R vs Zheng - 592k views
Also Wimbledon has been posting full matches recently on YouTube. Not surprised to see Serena-Joint get more views than uploads of the men's or women's finals(108k for Serena vs 61k for the men's final). But I was shocked to see the Eala-Swiatek match has 631k views!
I don't know if YouTube views translate to ratings, but I'm very curious to see if the USTA/ESPN puts Eala at night for her first round at USO and see how the ratings compare for Serena's first round(if she plays). Eala may move the needle in a way we haven't seen in a long time.
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octobrina10
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National Bank Open, WTA 1000, in Toronto
R2, Alexandra Eala vs Alycia Parks
Into R3!
Match point:
Fans:
Pre-tournament interview:
Her opening match in Toronto was sold out in less than an hour after it was announced she would play Wednesday evening.
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R2, Alexandra Eala vs Alycia Parks
Into R3!
Match point:
Fans:
Pre-tournament interview:
Her opening match in Toronto was sold out in less than an hour after it was announced she would play Wednesday evening.
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octobrina10
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Zarathustra
New User
Eh, if we endured the endless Nadal pre-serve tropes and tics, then I guess a couple of ghost swings can't harm us too much.
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
A rather strange thing to say.
Do you find it irritating?
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
It's funny you should say that, because when I was preparing my reply to the same fellow
the same player popped into my mind (Nadal).
I decided to leave out Nadal and just give a simpler reply.
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
Love her or hate her (I don't know how anyone could) this charismatic young player is going
to be front and center for a long time on the WTA tour.
She has tremendous talent, grit and brains and will almost certainly be a very successful
and respected player by most tennis fans in the world.
to be front and center for a long time on the WTA tour.
She has tremendous talent, grit and brains and will almost certainly be a very successful
and respected player by most tennis fans in the world.
Bisquick
Semi-Pro
Iga does some similar stuff - but I don’t get iga vibes from Alex.
ghostofMecir
Legend
This win vs. Parks really showed Eala’s competitive nature because she had all the excuses in the world for not winning, which nobody would blame her for, e.g., Washington final was delayed, she just won her big tournament beating highly ranked players, players often lose their first match after winning a title when there’s a quick turnaround, has had a quick rise to fame and millions of dollars etc., etc., but she was ready to play from the first ball against a decent opponent who has had some nice wins this year including against Eala at the AO.
This is a very positive sign.
This is a very positive sign.
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
National Bank Open, WTA 1000, in Toronto
A few pictures:
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We can all see that you are an enthusiastic Eala fan!
I am too.
May I make a suggestion/request?
Could you please ease up on the photos you post here?
Why am I asking this?
Whenever you post a bunch of photos the page goes crazy!
I'll be trying to read posts BELOW your post that contains the photos
and the page will move on me as I try to read their posts!
It's very unpleasant.
Curious
Talk Tennis Guru
Very much so.
Incognito
Legend
Li Na wasn’t this popular in the ”west” and she won 2 majors.
Maybe it has to do with these things;
- she comes from the only Christian country in Asia.
- Philippines is an American and British ally
- filipino diaspora, they are basically everywhere.
But damn, her fans are rowdy
Maybe it has to do with these things;
- she comes from the only Christian country in Asia.
- Philippines is an American and British ally
- filipino diaspora, they are basically everywhere.
But damn, her fans are rowdy
octobrina10
Bionic Poster
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
It's jumping as I speak (so to say).I have never seen a page jumping when scrolling. Maybe it's a setting issue?
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Jumping right now.
It only happens on pages where there are lots of photos.
If it does/doesn't happen with others, please let us know.
octobrina10
Bionic Poster
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
It doesn't help.Try this:
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
I just did a test.Try this:
I went to several threads where there were NO PHOTOS. Everything worked smoothly. The page remained static.
No jumping around.
But any thread I went to where there were lots of photos, the page went crazy, jumping around all the time.
Even in posting my reply now, I had to type it out in an app outside of TTW,
(because as I typed in TTW it would jump around) and then I pasted my reply into TTW.
Moose Malloy
G.O.A.T.
Same issues for me. I would click on this thread more often if it didn't have so many pictures, twitter links etc. makes it a pain to scroll through. Maybe you should start a "no pictures" thread for Eala haha.I just did a test.
I went to several threads where there were NO PHOTOS. Everything worked smoothly. The page remained static.
No jumping around.
But any thread I went to where there were lots of photos, the page went crazy, jumping around all the time.
Even in posting my reply now, I had to type it out in an app outside of TTW,
(because as I typed in TTW it would jump around) and then I pasted my reply into TTW.
SwissMaestro81
Professional
Yes, same as Bouchard, Andreescu and Raducanu.
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
No, Eala is different.
Sorry you can't see it.
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
I just did a test with a second browser to see if it might be a browser issue.
Trusty Google Chrome also has the exact same issue!
SwissMaestro81
Professional
We couldn't see it with Bouchard, Andreescu, Radacanu either.
Just look at the old threads here about when those three shooting stars emerged on the scene.
The point is - we don't know.
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
Please speak for yourself.
I never saw anything in Bouchard.
I don't think anyone here was predicting a stellar career for Raducanu, even after her slam win.
Andreescu was different. Many reasons for her stall and decline.
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
Do you find Leylah's hopping up and down like a rabbit and turning her back to the net irritating too?
octobrina10
Bionic Poster
Try this:
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