Filipina teen tennis star Alex Eala has climbed up the Women’s Tennis Association rankings again.
From world no. 248, Eala moved three points up to a new career-high of no. 245 this week.
And she could go up again when the 17-year-old Eala and reigning Southeast Asian Games men’s doubles’ gold medalist Treat Huey join the Hamburg Ladies and Gents Cup at the Hamburg Tennis Verband in Germany.
Eala will be in the women’s singles of the W60 ITF Futures Hamburg, with Huey in the men’s doubles with partner Max Schnur.
The current US Open juniors’ champion will be in a highly competitive field with Ukranian Kateryna Baindl Kozlova as the no. 1 seed.
The 28-year-old Kozlova, who is at world no. 148 in the live ATP rankings, has been in the main draw of all four grand slam events recently.
The field also has second seed Ysaline Bonaventure, who holds the highest ranking in the field at 116th.
This week, Eala has gone further up in the rankings, with another new career-high achievement, making the quarterfinals of the W80 RSF Pro Open at the Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club in the United States.
Eala’s campaign begins when she goes up against against 21-year-old Ekaterina Kazionova of Russia.
If she gets past the first round, the winner of the match between Kozlova and Jana Fett of Croatia will be her next rival.
Huey and Max Schnur, the top seeds in the men’s doubles, clash with the pair of Duje Ajdukovic of Croatia and Jonas Forejtek of the Czech Republic, in the opening round of the €45,730 ATP Challenger event.