Before she became one of tennis’ rising stars, the young tennis phenom made history at the 2022 US Open by becoming the first Filipino to win a junior Grand Slam singles title.
Long before Alex Eala made headlines, a trailblazing generation of Filipina stars in the 1980s was already going toe-to-toe with world champions on tennis's biggest stages.
The 21-year-old is the first Filipina to win a professional tennis singles title.
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