ALEXANDRA “ALEX” EALA will now play in the main draw of the WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free International Tennis Championships next week.
Ms. Eala’s ticket has been upgraded from a qualifying draw to the main tournament as announced by organizers on Thursday after she barged into the Top 40 of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) world rankings.
And that means a chance to slug it out against the sport’s titans led by world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, No. 2 Iga Swiatek of Poland and No. 3 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, who just ruled the Australian Open last month.
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