{"id":1839705,"date":"2026-03-21T23:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1839705"},"modified":"2026-03-21T23:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:08:24","slug":"alex-ealas-hopes-of-rankings-salvation-gets-another-boost-at-miami-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1839705","title":{"rendered":"Alex Eala&#8217;s hopes of rankings salvation gets another boost at Miami Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Alex Eala\u2019s hopes of rankings salvation gets another boost at Miami Open<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/kevin-palmer\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n      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class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alex-eala\">Alex Eala\u2019s<\/a> ranking was in danger of taking a nosedive as she played in this year\u2019s Miami Open, but the Filipina star is making progress in her hopes of avoiding a big drop.<\/p>\n<p>Eala went into the Miami tournament with the ranking points from her run in the same event last year dropping off her total.<\/p>\n<p>That meant she saw her ranking take a big hit, as the player who is sitting at No 29 in the WTA Rankings was in danger of dropping out of the top 50 if she suffered an early exit in the WTA 1000 event in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>It was a scenario that meant the pressure was piled onto Eala as she returned to the scene of her great success from 12 months ago, but she is making good progress in her efforts to limit the damage to her rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The draw did not appear to be kind to Eala, as she was set to face No 2 seed Iga Swiatek in the third round, in what would have been a re-match of their Miami clash last year.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alexandra-eala-shares-honest-insight-into-dealing-with-expectations-and-growing-fame\">Alexandra Eala shares honest insight into dealing with expectations and growing fame<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/miami-open-2026-alex-eala-world-class-verdict-advice-serve\">Alex Eala labelled \u2018world-class\u2019 in one area as she gets candid advice on how she can improve<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet a shock defeat for Swiatek against Magda Linette meant Eala\u2019s path to the last-16 opened up and she has taken full advantage of the shock exit for the Wimbledon champion.<\/p>\n<p>Eala got a bye in the opening round as she is the No 31 seed and she beat Laura Siegemund in her opening match.<\/p>\n<p>Now she has completed a battling win against Swiatek\u2019s conqueror Linette, with her 6-3, 7-6[2] win being completed in an hour and 48 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMadga is such a fighter and every time I play here, she puts me in difficult positions,\u201d said Eala.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatience was a very key aspect of how I played today. Kudos to her for playing well and I really enjoyed the battle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing aggressive is always what I\u2019ve aimed to do and it\u2019s really come out well in the last year. I think being aggressive is something I\u2019d like to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019ve matured a lot in the last year. I\u2019ve been in a lot of high-pressure matches and I have been put on so many big stages and I\u2019m so grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If Eala can match her run to the 2025 semi-finals in Miami, Eala should hold on to her place in the top 30 of the WTA Rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Yet that will not be an easy task as Eala will face a tough battle against world No 14 Karolina Muchova and if she comes through that challenging battle, a possible meeting with another rising star of the women\u2019s game may beckon and Victoria Mboko is in her quarter of the draw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/alex-eala-sponsors-emma-raducanus-replaced\"><strong>Alex Eala has already taken Emma Raducanu\u2019s position and there could be much more to come<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Eala\u2019s hopes of rankings salvation gets another boost at Miami Open Kevin Palmer 21 Mar 2026 11:08 PM Alex Eala hits a backhand Alex Eala\u2019s ranking was in danger of taking a nosedive as she played in this year\u2019s Miami Open, but the Filipina star is making progress in her hopes of avoiding a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1839705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1839705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1839705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1839705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1839705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}