{"id":2035715,"date":"2026-07-09T21:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2035715"},"modified":"2026-07-09T21:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:30:29","slug":"alex-eala-set-to-be-handed-a-glorious-chance-to-climb-the-rankings-after-wimbledon-heroics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2035715","title":{"rendered":"Alex Eala set to be handed a glorious chance to climb the rankings after Wimbledon heroics"},"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 set to be handed a glorious chance to climb the rankings after Wimbledon heroics<\/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\" 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            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Alex Eala declared she was content with her progress after reaching the last-16 at Wimbledon and now the Filipina will be targeting more success in the final months of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Eala was the shining star of Wimbledon in the opening week of the tournament, with her win against defending champion Iga Swiatek a moment that cemented her status as one of the rising stars of the game.<\/p>\n<p>She will now see her ranking move to a new high when the list is updated on Monday and while she is now back in the top 30, Eala should be setting her sights much higher over the next six months.<\/p>\n<p>With limited points to defend between now and the end of 2026, Eala has a real chance to finish this year inside the top 20 and she may even be able to aim for more than that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alex-eala\">Eala<\/a> was knocked out in the first round of the WTA 1000 Canadian Open last year and she didn\u2019t play at the Cincinnati event that precedes the US Open.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-wta-rankings-milestone-wimbledon-win-iga-swiatek-drops\">Alex Eala set for rankings milestone after stunning Wimbledon win as Iga Swiatek suffers -3 drop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-wimbledon-loss-hard-to-accept-promises-back-to-basics\">Iga Swiatek says Wimbledon loss is \u2018hard to accept\u2019 as she vows to go back to basics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She was then knocked out of the US Open in the second round, so if she were to piece together four of five wins in those three events, her breakthrough in the top 20 of the rankings could be beckoning.<\/p>\n<p>Anything more, especially at the US Open, could fire her rapidly up the rankings and she admits the confidence she got from her run at Wimbledon will propel her forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many positives,\u201d she said after losing against Jasmine Paolini at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne, I think, is how I\u2019ve handled pressure. There\u2019s pressure every week, right? Of course, the more you want to win, I think the more kind of like pressure goes along with that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy with how I faced it head on. I think I kept cool when I needed to control my emotions. Overall performed the best that I could on the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this week, in general, will add to my confidence. It\u2019s been one of my best results, right? Of course, it will add confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s important that every match I played this week, and every match that I play, I go in with the self-esteem and the thought that I\u2019m able to win. I don\u2019t think that necessarily because of one week or the other that that will change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eala should also take confidence from the comments of former British No 1 Greg Rusedski, as he poured praise on Eala and suggested she is a Grand Slam champion in the making.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is somebody who\u2019s going to win the Wimbledon Championship one day and possibly get to the top five in the world. She is that good,\u201d <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@offcourtwithgreg\/videos\">said Rusedski on his podcast,<\/a> after he watched Eala big moment from the commentary box on Centre Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ground strokes, the tenacity, absolutely brilliant. It was great for me to see her live and I was so impressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I was impressed with was her mental fortitude, her strength, her mentality. She was the one who looked like she had the six major titles. It wasn\u2019t Iga Swiatek, who looked anxious, she was nervous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEala shows she has a very high tennis IQ and has been trained brilliantly well at the Rafael Nadal Academy. The sky\u2019s the limit for her. I really look at her serve, and it\u2019s not that far away from being a great serve in time if she changes just a few little aspects, but the mentality is like Rafa. Never say die from start to finish, gets the job done, finds a way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is the real deal. She is a breath of fresh air. And what a moment. The first Filipino man or woman to be in the fourth round at a major. And I think the roll will keep on going for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/watching-alex-eala-beat-iga-swiatek-wimbledon-centre-court\">Alex Eala\u2019s sensational win against Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon proves she belongs with the best<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Eala set to be handed a glorious chance to climb the rankings after Wimbledon heroics Kevin Palmer 09 Jul 2026 10:30 PM Alex Eala thanks the Wimbledon crowd Alex Eala declared she was content with her progress after reaching the last-16 at Wimbledon and now the Filipina will be targeting more success in the [&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-2035715","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\/2035715","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=2035715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2035715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2035715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2035715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}