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class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alex-eala\">Alex Eala\u2019s<\/a> rise to prominence at the top of the women\u2019s game is showing no sign of waning, but she has developed a worrying trend in her last three defeats.<\/p>\n<p>The Filipina star will be keen to halt a run of heavy defeats when she resumes her season on clay courts next month, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/miami-open-alex-ealas-prize-money-ranking-points-revealed-after-emphatic-exit\">her 6-2, 6-0 thumping at the hands of Karolina Muchova in Miami Open<\/a> the latest heavy defeat handed out to the 20-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Muchova has the class to dismiss any opponent when she is at her best, but the manner of the defeat will be a concern for Eala.<\/p>\n<p>It backed up a 6-2, 6-0 defeat against Linda Noskova in the WTA 1000 tournament at Indian Wells earlier in April and a crushing 6-0, 6-2 defeat against Coco Gauff in Dubai in February.<\/p>\n<p>Now former British No 1 Greg Rusedski has suggested Eala needs to add some power to her serve and some weight to her ground strokes, as he reflected on her recent performances in <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l7bwcMiYq5w&amp;t=2s\">the latest edition of his Off Court Cuts podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-names-three-world-no-1s-she-reveals-her-dream-tennis-rivals\">Alex Eala names three world No 1\u2019s as she reveals her dream tennis rivals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-advantage-over-victoria-mboko-popularity\">Why Alex Eala has a big advantage over Victoria Mboko in one key area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEala is getting into the later stages of tournaments, but once she gets there, she\u2019s getting beaten in pretty one-sided matches,\u201d said Rusedski.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think she needs to improve the serve. The serve, you know, gets you on the front foot from the start and she\u2019s gonna need to get physically stronger. You know, she\u2019s got to get more time in the gym, build up the muscles, get a little bit quicker. Then she\u2019ll start hitting the ball harder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s still young. Let\u2019s not forget that. She\u2019s still very young and many more years to develop. And I think she\u2019s too good a player not to make it into the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe good thing is she has a good attitude. She\u2019s working hard, but you you don\u2019t want to create this scar tissue when you\u2019re playing the top girls and you\u2019re losing so easily at times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think she will get over that hump. She\u2019s too good and she\u2019s putting in the effort and she is great for the WTA.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The interest in Eala shows no sign of waning, even thought she is facing a slide in the WTA Rankings after her fourth round exit at the Miami Open.<\/p>\n<p>While that run in Florida was a decent effort from Eala, ranking points are dropping off her record as she failed to match her impressive run to the semi-finals in Miami last year.<\/p>\n<p>The positive news for Eala is she has very few ranking points to defend during the upcoming clay court season and that will fuel her hopes of getting back into the top 32 of the rankings to ensure she is seeded for the second Grand Slam of the season at Roland Garros in May.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/everything-alex-eala-said-after-miami-open-defeat-karolina-muchova\">Everything Alex Eala said after heavy Miami Open defeat to Karolina Muchova<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Eala told where she needs to improve by former British No 1 as a worrying trend emerges Kevin Palmer 25 Mar 2026 3:00 PM Alex Eala and Greg Rusedski Alex Eala\u2019s rise to prominence at the top of the women\u2019s game is showing no sign of waning, but she has developed a worrying trend [&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-1846186","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\/1846186","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=1846186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1846186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1846186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1846186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}