Alex Eala during a meeting on Friday while she takes brief vacation in the Philippines after her Grand Chelem campaigns. – PHOTO-MASTER
The ascent of Alex Eala to the celebrity of tennis aroused a major interest in Filipino sports fans. But the world of social media is not all rainbows and unicorns.
Eala, 20, won more fans and brought more love to Philippin tennis after her dream race at the Miami Open, where she beat three Grand Chelem champions to reach the semi-finals.
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But with the sharp increase in attention came to criticism. A series of first outings following Miami led to hatred of the comments of certain occasional fans and new supporters.
However, Eala has chosen to stick to the positive points, grateful for growing support for Philippin tennis in the past three months.
“On the one hand, I am not paying attention to a lot of negative comments,” said Eala during a competition and salvation organized by its main contributor globe on Friday. “A mentality I have is, there is so much positive that I get pinoys. So why would I focus on the negative, Kung Konti-Konti Lang? Usually these people do not know tennis, and many people do not know what’s going on behind the scenes. ”
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The graduate of the Rafa Nadal Academy remains imperturbable by doubts, remaining concentrated on the improvement and realization of more for the country.
“I am very confident in me, in my team and in my work. I know that we do things correctly and that I do my best. So this confidence allows me not to be affected by certain comments, ”said Eala. “I’m just grateful for all love and support.”
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Being a pioneer for Philippin tennis is also what leads her to a tournament.
“It is such an honor. I just have to do my best to behave as well as possible because I know it, especially in the international tennis scene, I am a little in mind when they think of the Philippine. So I really do my best,” said Eala. “I know that many people are looking for their eyes, many young people are looking at me. And I just want to represent us in a way that Pinoys would be happy to be represented. ”
In fact, the feeling of Filipino tennis turned heads, which impressed the Wimbledon champion in 2024, Barbora Krejcikova after their duel in the first round, where Eala lost in three sets, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Krejcikova called Eala part of the next generation of sport and said that it would be “really good in the years to come”.
Eala, now classified n ° 56 after its beginnings in Wimbledon and the finalist of Eastbourne Open, hopes to continue to take momentum and draw more from Philippins to support sport.
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She will participate in the US Open at the end of August, but will go to Canada first for two WTA 1000 events in Montreal and Cincinnati, then in a WTA 500 in Monterrey and a tournament in New York.
Later this year, Eala will also see an action in Asia, including events in China and Hong Kong.
