{"id":1843900,"date":"2026-03-24T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1843900"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:00:17","slug":"why-alex-eala-has-a-big-advantage-over-victoria-mboko-in-one-key-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1843900","title":{"rendered":"Why Alex Eala has a big advantage over Victoria Mboko in one key area"},"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\">Why Alex Eala has a big advantage over Victoria Mboko in one key area<\/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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<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>The young guns are starting to rise on the WTA Tour and the two players who have created the biggest stir over the last 12 months are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alex-eala\">Alex Eala<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/victoria-mboko\">Victoria Mboko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eala\u2019s engaging presence exploded onto the tennis stage at this stage of last season, as she embarked on a memorable run to the semi-finals of the Miami Open and beat Iga Swiatek to announce her arrival on the big stage.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-speaks-popularity-famous-miami-open-2026\">Filipina star instantly became a hero for millions of fans<\/a> in her homeland and since then, Eala\u2019s steps on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\">WTA Tour<\/a> have created huge interest that has ensured the 20-year-old has become one of the most talked about players in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Mboko\u2019s rise was even more dramatic, as she burst through the draw to win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/prize-money-and-points-earned-by-victoria-mboko-and-naomi-osaka-in-montreal\">Canadian Open last August,<\/a> beating four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka in the final.<\/p>\n<p>That win in a WTA 1000 tournament catapulted her ranking in double quick time and the teenager has maintained her momentum to rise into the top 10 of the WTA Rankings.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/victoria-mboko-going-to-win-a-slam-former-world-no-1-big-prediction\">Victoria Mboko \u2018is going to win a Slam\u2019 as former world No 1 makes big prediction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/victoria-mboko-what-canadian-star-said-about-sabalenka-lesson-whats-to-come-indian-wells-exit\">Victoria Mboko: What Canadian said about Sabalenka \u2018lesson\u2019 and what\u2019s to come after Indian Wells exit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In pure tennis terms, Mboko\u2019s progress is a step ahead of Eala\u2019s, with her run to the latter stages of the ATP 1000 Miami Open event this week highlighting her ability to sustain success at the highest levels of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Yet when it comes to popularity and commercial appeal, Eala is in a league of her own.<\/p>\n<p>The WTA Tour and tennis in general have a huge opportunity to grow the sport to an audience eager to follow Eala\u2019s story, with many of them new to tennis and attracted to the sport due to their admiration to their new sporting hero.<\/p>\n<p>With her charming demeanour and engaging personality shining through in interviews, Eala will have shot to the top of the wanted lists of many elite sponsors and that interest will only rise if she can continue her march up the WTA Rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Eala\u2019s failure to match her deep run in Miami this year means her ranking has taken a hit, but she has shown that she can compete with the best in the women\u2019s game and former British No 1 Greg Rusedski is impressed with what he has seen from the rising star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s a good leftie, moves exceptionally well and she competes incredibly well,\u201d said <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@offcourtwithgreg\">Rusedski on his podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe movement is there, the firepower is getting better and it\u2019s a gradual build-up in her career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like the way she thinks tactically. She\u2019s very astute out there and for all the pressure and expectation that are on her shoulders, she\u2019s finding a way to push through. Eala is great for the women\u2019s tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Eala, I see so much room for potential,\u201d said Rusedski.\u00a0\u201cShe\u2019s a player I\u2019d love to work with on her serve.\u00a0I just feel like she can get more benefit out of it, more accuracy, more power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think she\u2019s gonna possibly crack the top 10 this year. That\u2019s how good she is mentally tactically. There\u2019s a lot of upside with her. Lots to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rusedski is also a big fan of Mboko, as he predicted she will be ready to challenge for the biggest titles in tennis next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMboko is my pick to win a major in 2027,\u201d declared Rusedski. \u201cMboko has a great team around her and she is showing she can compete with the best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has the physicality and I loved the way she shows that composure to win the title in front of her home fans in Canada last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I think the future is very bright for both her and Eala. It\u2019s so good to see the youngsters doing well, but right now it looks the dominance of Sabalanka, Rybakina, Swiatek and Svitolina will continue, but the youngsters are coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WTA Tour are fortunate to have two players who are creating such a stir and while Eala might hold all the aces when it comes to sponsors and her huge fanbase, Mboko could be the player who the game to get in the mix for big prizes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/bold-victoria-mboko-rankings-grand-slam-prediction-made-rick-macci\">READ NEXT: Bold Victoria Mboko rankings and Grand Slam prediction made by ex-Serena Williams coach<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Alex Eala has a big advantage over Victoria Mboko in one key area Kevin Palmer 24 Mar 2026 3:00 PM Victoria Mboko and Alex Eala in action The young guns are starting to rise on the WTA Tour and the two players who have created the biggest stir over the last 12 months are [&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-1843900","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\/1843900","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=1843900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1843900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1843900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1843900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}