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data-title=\"Alex Eala: Former world No 4 \u2018not worried\u2019 about the Filipina star\u00a0as he makes US Open claim\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/button>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5 border-b border-page\"><\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5\">\n<figure class=\"aspect-h-9 aspect-w-16 relative\">\n                                        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Alex-Eala-with-inset-of-Greg-Rusedski-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Alex Eala with inset of Greg Rusedski\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Alex Eala with inset of Greg Rusedski                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Alex Eala\u2019s busy schedule has been a source of debate following her superb recent run, but\u00a0Greg Rusedski has \u201cno concern\u201d that the Filipina could be playing too much before the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old played eight matches between 28 July and 10 August as she won the Washington Open and reached the fourth round at the Canadian Open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-now-record-wta-star-this-year\">Eala has played 56 matches in 2026<\/a> across 21 tournaments either on the main WTA Tour or ITF\/Challenger Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 20 will next compete at the WTA 1000 event in Cincinnati before heading to New York for the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>On the latest episode of his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LbqUuR-akKw\" target=\"_blank\">Off Court With Greg Rusedski<\/a> podcast, Rusedski\u00a0addressed whether Eala could be tired when she gets to the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, no chance of that happening,\u201d said the 1997 US Open finalist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, she\u2019s going to get the load, but if you need to win a major, you need to win seven matches in a row, and she\u2019s done that already.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Tour News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-ealas-uncle-speaks-out-about-concerns-over-her-packed-playing-schedule\"><strong>Alex Eala\u2019s uncle speaks out about concerns over her packed playing schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/kim-clijsters-wta-star-more-likely-alex-eala-first-grand-slam\"><strong>Kim Clijsters picks WTA star more likely than Alex Eala to win first Grand Slam<\/strong><\/a><\/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>\u201cIt\u2019s been fantastic, the reception she got in Toronto for her opening match was brilliant, the speech to the crowd was electrifying, and the people who came were just delighted to see her. And then to back it up again by beating [Caty] McNally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like physically she\u2019s already in good shape, she\u2019s strong mentally \u2014 the mind and body go hand in hand. And when you\u2019re young, the body bounces back a lot quicker than when you get into your 30s and later years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I\u2019m not worried about that. She\u2019ll play Cincy, and then she\u2019ll have a week off to prepare for the US Open. That\u2019s what all the big names do, so for me, there\u2019s no concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust been super impressed, and it just keeps on solidifying why we think she\u2019s gonna be a big star in this game \u2014 and already is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former world No 4 added:\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019ve gotta remember, Eala\u2019s from the Philippines \u2014 they\u2019ve never had a tennis player who\u2019s achieved what she\u2019s achieved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other player that it reminds me of with a country that doesn\u2019t have a massive history of tennis was Gustavo Kuerten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he went out and won the French Open three times, he was as big as the footballers in his country. And when Brazilians play, now all of a sudden with [Joao] Fonseca, you see the crowds coming in\u2026 but you gotta look at Eala-mania \u2013 this is totally different!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/wta-cincinnati-open-draw-2026-alex-eala-aryna-sabalenka-coco-gauff\">WTA Cincinnati Open draw 2026: Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff could meet; Alex Eala faces tough path<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Eala: Former world No 4 \u2018not worried\u2019 about the Filipina star\u00a0as he makes US Open claim Ewan West 12 Aug 2026 1:35 PM Alex Eala with inset of Greg Rusedski Alex Eala\u2019s busy schedule has been a source of debate following her superb recent run, but\u00a0Greg Rusedski has \u201cno concern\u201d that the Filipina could [&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-2089610","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\/2089610","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=2089610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2089610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2089610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2089610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}