Alex Eala of the Philippines celebrates after profitable a girls’s singles fit in opposition to Naomi Osaka of Japan on day six of the Mubadala DC Open 2026 at William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Heart on August 01, 2026 in Washington, DC. Emilee Chinn/Getty Photographs/AFP
MANILA, Philippines — Amid the celebrity and her steady upward push in tennis, Alex Eala at all times makes positive to stay her ft at the flooring.
Eala made headlines anew after dispatching four-time Grand Slam winner and former World No. 1 Naomi Osaka, 6-4, 6-2, to achieve the Mubadala DC Open ultimate.
The 21-year-old Eala is enjoying her easiest tennis but, and in spite of her unexpectedly rising recognition, she has additionally remained steadfast and taken with changing into higher off and on the court docket.
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“For one, I nonetheless have such a lot motivation to develop into a greater participant, develop into a greater individual. I’m 21, so it’s now not like I’m the queen of the sector or the rest,” Eala stated.
“I feel every other factor is that tennis is the sort of humbling recreation. Any other factor is I glance again at how a long way I’ve come or the place I’ve come from. And I’ve come far. That’s every other factor that assists in keeping me grounded.”
Having a forged give a boost to device performs a large consider conserving Eala grounded.
“There are such a large amount of issues. My circle of relatives assists in keeping me grounded. My staff assists in keeping me grounded. Each and every error I hit at the court docket assists in keeping me grounded. Each and every time I’m mad at the court docket assists in keeping me grounded,” Eala stated. “Once I get up within the morning, I’ve dangerous hair. There are such a large amount of issues that stay you grounded. And I think like those other people, they’re right here with me. And naturally, they’re right here for me.”
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Except for her circle of relatives, Eala stated her trainer Joan Bosch may be a very important piece in her occupation.
“He’s the most efficient, and I consider him so, such a lot on court docket. I consider him such a lot with my tennis and, lowkey, simply in existence. I’ve been telling him the whole lot, and it makes me really feel like I’m now not on my own on court docket, at the side of the remainder of my staff,” Eala stated. “All people have that willpower and that force for us to toughen. I might recall to mind the entire other people on excursion, you possibly can really feel the least on my own on court docket.”
Eala additionally attributed her upward push to the Rafa Nadal Academy.
“I’ve been there for a in point of fact very long time, and I spent numerous my youth there. I’ve made such a lot of nice relationships. And naturally, the training workforce on the academy are so a professional, so skilled. And naturally, Rafa himself. So I’ve realized such a lot of issues. I left at 13, and now I’m 21. So how a lot has stepped forward from then to now? I feel tactically, bodily, technically, such a lot of sides,” she stated.
