Young tennis star Alex Eala defeated 18-year-old Shavit Kimchi of Israel with a score of 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 and is now advancing to the second round of the Australian Open Juniors tournament.
A tennis star in the making
The name Alex Eala is becoming a popular name in tennis sport.
The 14-year-old comes from a family of athletes. Her mother was a bronze medalist at the 1985 Southeast Asian games in the field of swimming while her brother Michael Francis is also a rising star in tennis.
She is also the first Filipina who qualified for a grand slam tournament since Jeson Patrombon in 1991.
Eala made headlines because of her stint in the US Open Juniors last September 2019.
Alex is also a scholar of the Rafa Nadal Academy.
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Balancing training and studies
Although her tennis training is intense, she sees focus and discipline as the key.
"When I'm able to go to class, I focus on my studies. If its tournament, I focus on the tournament."
Born to be a champion
She shares in an interview with ABS-CBN News how she devotes her dedication to winning.
"It takes a lot of passion to do this every day. I like how competitive it is, I like how I can improve in the different areas of it lalo na in a match, super focus ka you don't think about anything else. When I win, I worked really hard and winning, feels amazing."
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