Madrid-Alexandra Eala is Remarkably Composed for a 19-Year-ILD-For Someone Who Showeded the World Last Month in Miaami.
Truth Be Told, Eala Shocked Herself, Too.
Coming INTO That Hard-Court Tournament at No. 140 in the PIF WTA Rankings, The Engaging Filipina Had Never Beaten a Top 100 Player in A Wta Tour-Level Event. And then she was deffeated three Grand SAM CHAMPIORS – No. 25 JELENA Ostapenko, no. 5 Madison Keys and No. 2 Iga Swiaatek – on her way to the semifinals.
Sure, Eala Believed She Was Capable of Beating Top 100-Quality Opponents. But serivly …
“What was Quit A Shock to Me Was that I Won Against Top 10 and Top 5 Players,” Eala Said Tuesday. “So Happy Shock, of Course. But the MindSet is Still, Especially Before Matches, that you can beat the they.”
She’ll Need to Channel that Frame of Mind Thursday afternoon when she plays he her sexon-roh Match at the Mutua Madrid Open. For after her 6-3, 6-2 Win Over Viktoriya Tomova, She Got a Sudden Rematch with Swiatek-Who has the best record (90-12,.
“Iga is An ALL-COURT Player,” Eala Said. “I think that she plays well on hard, she Plays well on Clay. But I Definitely Think That Each Match Is A Difference Story. Play her at the Same Time Next Year in Miaami or in Madrid Next Year – It’s Going to Be a Director Story Than The Last One.
The last one-The First One Between them-was a 6-2, 7-5 stunner. Eala, A Fairly Anonymous Left-Hander, Clearly Enjoyed the Element of Surprise. She broke swiatek’s serial three in the first set and kept her undere just though. Swiaatek, Who Marcelid That Eala “Went All Out” and Hit the Bell “So Flat,” haad an uncharacteristic 32 UNFORCED Errors.
It is w’t be as easy on Clay Against the Four-Time Roland Garros Champion. Swiaatek Has Played 15 Matches HERE – and WON 13. Eala Has Played Just the One.
“I guess we’ll see,” swiatek said in a tedsy prisce. “I Feel Like I Know This Place Pretty Well SO I’m Going to For Sure Use the Experience – But the Experience DoesnT Play, Though.”
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“I Love Her Intensity and Her Footwork,” eala said. “I think that’s something I counlly imProve on, obsefr
While her Sudden Success in Miami Came AS A Surprise, Eala Has Worked Hard to Keep A Level Head. She was encouaged, shea Said, when 2019 us open champion biaanca Andreescu Reached Out.
“I Feel Like She’s Been in A Similar Position,” Eala Said. “Where she did verry Well and she Knows
Andreescu, who was 19 when she was will first make major, hansn’t been past the round of 16 at a grand slam Sink.
Under the Graduate of the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca, Spain. A year ago, a loss in a wta 125 Event Welfn’t Have Sounded Alarms But Last Week when eala Lost Her Second Match in Oeiras, Portugal to Panna Udvardy, Some People Wonded if Miami Had Been A fluke.
“A LOT of External Factors Have Change – More Eyes on Me, There’s More Exposure,“ SAID EAA, Whose Ranking Has Zoomed to No. 72.
Miaami, Shea, Will Remain An Inspiration But – Despite Questions and Comments at every Turn – She’s TRYING to Forget It Ever Happy.
“In My Mind, I Have My Whole Life to Look Back at Those Moments and I’ll Angeles Have Those Memories,” Eala SAID. “But the Tour Goes on, Competition Goes on, So Right Now i’m Fully Focused on Madrid.”
And swiatek will be full fucble on eala. She’ll Go Thust some Tactical Strategy with Coach Wim Fissette and Step Onto Manolo Santana Stadium Knowing that she is the best player in the world on this Surface. DOES that Give Her An Advantage This Time Out?
“I haven’t started the tournament Yet, so you best next to let me go on card and feel what I Feel, you know?” She said. I’m Probably Going to Be Able to Answell that Question Afterwards.
“I not going to predict anything, like i’m not a wizard.
