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Eala's mentality plays pivotal role
Tempo
|June 28, 2025
Alex Eala is heading to her first-ever semifinal stint on the grass court of a WTA-sanctioned and probably to the final.
But, regardless of the outcome, it just proved the Filipina hitter’s versatility on any surface at hand.
The key?
Her mindset which catapulted the unseeded 20-year-old Eala to the semis and inching closer to her first-ever WTA 250 title at the Lexus Eastbourne Open in Great Britain.
This story is from the June 28, 2025 edition of Tempo.
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