Sharing EN TOTO from Azat.TV datelined 09.23.2025: ALEXANDRA EALA's METEORIC RISE: HOW A FILIPINO TENNIS STAR SHATTERED WTA RANKINGS IN 2025. Indeed, in the world of professional tennis, WHAT matters most is the WTA rankings as it is reflective of the RISEs and FALLs in the very competitive world of global tennis. And WHILE there is still more than three months left for 2025, the Philippines' ALEX EALA has already erased a lot of doubts with regard her potentials based on her stratospheric rise in the WTA rankings, rising all the way to No. 56 as of September 2025📗📙📘
And IF the media headlines she grabbed with her sterling performances in 2025, ALEX EALA was even unexpectedly thrusts into the NBA world WHEN no less than the NBA's superstarts [Luka Doncic, Anthony Edwards, Kevin Durant] all got looped in various socia media messagings. To date, ALEX EALA deserves all the attention given the below:
- Climbing 80 places in the WTA Rankings for 2025
- Miami Open wins over Ostapenko, Keys and Swiatek
- Winning her first WTA title at Mexico Guadalajara Open
- And as we speak now, even defeating Aliona Falei & Mei Yamaguchi in the ongoing Jingshan Tournament
With a boldness that belied her low WTA ranking then, ALEX EALA dispatched Grand Slam champions Jelena Ostapenko and Madison Keys, then stunned the tennis world by toppling World No. 2 Iga Swiatek. Suddenly, ALEX EALA was no longer that perennial underdog. She was now the STORY. Her run to the semifinals marked the first time a Filipina ever reached that stage at a WTA 1000 event, catapulting her from No. 140 to No. 75, all in two weeks, whoaaah!!! Suddenly, the doors to the Top 100 swung open, and with them, new expectations and responsibilities💧💧💧
Our takeaway: Drawing parallelisms to our own life narratives, our journeys are peppered with SETBACKS and COMEBACKS [if we want to] and let's face it, regardless WHETHER we're referring to competitive sports OR our daily life, no COMEBACK or ascent is without the hardest turbulence ever and it all boils down to the very person to break new ground and perhaps shatter his/her personal records with more WINs. p.s. As we speak now, she is in a very tight semi-finals game with New Zealand's Lulu Sun 😀😀😀