Alex Eala eats, sleeps, and breathes tennis to prove Filipinos can compete globally
IF you ever catch Alex Eala trying a sport other than tennis, don’t expect a highlight reel.
In fact, she’ll be the first to tell you—it’s probably not going to be pretty.
“I’m really bad at other sports,” she says, laughing in the latest WTA upload early Saturday morning. “Any other sport that isn’t tennis, I’m pretty bad at. I’m so focused on this tennis thing that other sports or hobbies have proven difficult for me.”
The 19-year-old is unapologetically all-in on tennis, and doesn’t feel the need to do everything.
Back home, her influence clearly reaches beyond the baseline that even Alex is seeing it firsthand.
“I’m really happy with the attention that tennis is getting right now in Manila,” she shared. “I see many people, especially on Instagram, picking up rackets, making videos.”
