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Eala faces Polish rival in Suzhou tilt
Manila Bulletin
|September 30, 2025
There will be no rest for Filipina tennis sensation Alex Eala as she returns to action on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Suzhou WTA 125 tournament in China.
The 20-year-old Alex Eala is seeded fourth in the WTA 125 tournament, which offers a total prize purse of $115,000.
She enters the event with a live WTA singles ranking of No. 57 – one spot higher than last week following her semifinal finish at the Jingshan Tennis Open, another WTA 125 tournament held in China.
This story is from the September 30, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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