ALEXANDRA “ALEX” EALA will thread a steep, rocky and muddy road to the Miami Open glory just in order to defend her lucrative ranking points and stay inside the Top 30 of the world’s best.
Albeit getting a first-round bye as the No. 31 seed, Ms. Eala’s path in the lower bracket just to reach a must final four finish like last year goes through a slew of Top 10 players and Grand Slam champions.
The 20-year-old Filipina wunderkind, catapulted by a Last 16 finish in the Indian Wells Open considered as the “Fifth Grand Slam,” marches into Miami with a new career-best ranking of WTA No. 29, up from No. 32 last week.
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