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                          <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Alex Eala is set to ascend to a new milestone ranking position after she won her debut match at the Cincinnati Open to progress to the third round.<\/p>\n<p>The Filipina star was dominating 6-1, 3-0 against world No 74 Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the second round in Cincinnati when her opponent retired due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>After losing her serve in the opening game of the match, Eala won the next nine games, breaking the 28-year-old Romanian five times in a row. She won 43 of the 62 points played in the match.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alex-eala\">Eala<\/a>, who is making her first-ever appearance at the WTA 1000 event in Cincinnati, received an opening round bye as she is the 17th seed.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old started the Cincinnati Open at her career-high ranking of world No 20 after reaching the fourth round at the Canadian Open and securing the Washington Open title.<\/p>\n<p>She has now won 11 of her last 13 matches in an impressive spell that started with her reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<h2>Alex Eala News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-cincinnati-open-draw-ranking-greg-rusedski\"><strong>Alex Eala \u2018shouldn\u2019t care\u2019 about tough Cincinnati Open draw, says Grand Slam finalist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-full-press-conference-cincinnati-open-2026\"><strong>Alex Eala\u2019s full press conference as she reveals what would make a \u2018successful\u2019 Cincinnati Open<\/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<h2>How has Alex Eala\u2019s Cincinnati Open win affected her WTA ranking?<\/h2>\n<p>By winning her second round match in Cincinnati, Eala has collected 65 ranking points, which has taken her points total to 2,221.<\/p>\n<p>This has seen Eala climb three places to a projected new career-high ranking of world No 17 in the Live WTA Rankings.<\/p>\n<h2>Who will Alex Eala play next?<\/h2>\n<p>Eala will take on world No 10 Amanda Anisimova, who is the ninth seed in Cincinnati, in the third round at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>After her second round win against Zeynep Sonmez, Anisimova looked ahead to facing Eala.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t played her (Eala) before,\u201d said Anisimova.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s been having such an incredible season, an incredible year. Very great player with a lot of fans, so I\u2019m really looking forward to that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that it\u2019s probably going to be a very packed stadium, so I\u2019m sure it will be really fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It will be Eala\u2019s first-ever meeting with the 24-year-old American, who is a two-time Grand Slam finalist.<\/p>\n<p>If Eala reaches the fourth round, she will move onto 2,276 points, which would not be enough to see her overtake 16th-ranked Diana Shnaider.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/aryna-sabalenka-loses-no-1-ranking-marta-kostyuk-alex-eala-alternative-tennis-rankings\">Aryna Sabalenka replaced as No 1 as Alex Eala 23rd in alternative tennis rankings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Eala +3 in WTA Rankings after Cincinnati Open win as her next opponent is confirmed Ewan West 15 Aug 2026 7:42 PM Alex Eala celebrates Alex Eala is set to ascend to a new milestone ranking position after she won her debut match at the Cincinnati Open to progress to the third round. 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