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lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Alex Eala pleased during her match                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>For the second year in a row, Alex Eala has reached the fourth round of the Miami Open and she believes her decision to be \u201cbrave\u201d paid off during her victory over Magda Linette.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alex-eala\">Eala<\/a> famously made her breakthrough at the WTA 1000 event in Florida 12 months ago when she defeated the likes of Jelena Ostapenko, Madison Keys and Iga Swiatek en route to the semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>The Filipina found herself in the same section of the draw as Swiatek for the 2026 edition, but there was no rematch as the six-time Grand Slam winner suffered a shock second-round loss against fellow Pole Linette.<\/p>\n<p>Facing giant killer Linette for the fourth time in her career, Eala beat the current world No 50 for the second time in 2026 as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-rankings-boost-miami-open\">she won 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)<\/a> to make it 2-2 in their head-to-head rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>The Filipina broke late in the first set and took the momentum in the second set as she broke in the first game, but the Pole drew level in the sixth game and it went to the tie-breaker, which was dominated by the 20-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019ve matured a lot in the last year. I\u2019ve been out in a lot of high-pressure moments, a lot of big stages, which I\u2019m so grateful for and wouldn\u2019t trade for the world,\u201d Eala said during her on-court interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing back in the fourth round, it makes me feel the same as I did last year. I\u2019m so happy. I\u2019m so excited. It\u2019s such a privilege to be back in Miami.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Alex Eala News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/alex-eala-sponsors-emma-raducanus-replaced\">Alex Eala has already taken Emma Raducanu\u2019s position and there could be much more to come<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><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><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Later in the press conference, the world No 29 explained how her bravery paid off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I just told myself to be brave, do whatever I could,\u201d she said. \u201cI can\u2019t control how she was playing. She, I think, upped her game in the second, so\u2026 I tried to go for my shots, and they were effective, luckily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Up next is a tougher assignment as she faces world No 14 Karolina Muchova, who defeated Katie Boulter in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>It will be their first-ever meeting and the 13th-seeded Muchova has been in good form in recent months as she won the Qatar Open in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really excited. I haven\u2019t thought about it much,\u201d Eala said. \u201cShe\u2019s obviously a great player and is doing really well. A couple years back, I watched one of her finals. I was really impressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be put in a position to compete against her is a real privilege and going to be a test.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What \u2018brave\u2019 Alex Eala had to say after reaching Miami Open round of 16 with next opponent confirmed Shahida Jacobs 22 Mar 2026 6:30 AM Alex Eala pleased during her match For the second year in a row, Alex Eala has reached the fourth round of the Miami Open and she believes her decision to [&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-1839988","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\/1839988","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=1839988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1839988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1839988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1839988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}