Alex Eala thinks she has a complete grasp of the enormity of her latest accomplishment. “Like I said, I take so much pride in representing my country,” she told a press conference in Flushing Meadows,

Filipina tennis star Alex Eala will take on Spain's Cristina Bucșa in the second round of the 2025 US Open. This, after Bucșa took care of business against American qualifier Claire Liu in their first round match, 6-2, 6-1, early on Tuesday, Manila time.

For Alex Eala, the 20-year-old Filipina tennis prodigy, the latest page turned on the grand stage of Flushing Meadows -- where she became the first player from the Philippines to ever win a singles match in a Grand Slam main draw. It came in the most dramatic of fashions.