{"id":2111703,"date":"2026-08-26T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2111703"},"modified":"2026-08-26T01:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:00:50","slug":"patrick-mcenroe-warns-the-us-open-not-to-make-a-big-mistake-with-alex-eala-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2111703","title":{"rendered":"Patrick McEnroe warns the US Open not to make a big mistake with Alex Eala this year"},"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\">Patrick McEnroe warns the US Open not to make a big mistake with Alex Eala this year<\/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\/liam-mcmillen\" class=\"text-sm font-normal 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media                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Alex Eala is set to be one of the biggest attractions at the US Open this year, such is her growing popularity on the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>The Filipina star has been selling out venues all summer, particularly at the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Open on the North American hardcourt swing.<\/p>\n<p>Eala has also been a big hit at the Grand Slams this year, where there were lines of queues heading out of the stadium at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Patrick McEnroe has urged the US Open to be logical when it comes to choosing which courts Eala plays on for the 2026 tournament.<\/p>\n<h2>More Alex Eala news<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/greg-rusedski-alex-eala-something-nobody-else-does\">Greg Rusedski reveals what Alex Eala does better than her WTA rivals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/greg-rusedski-alex-eala-us-open-prediction-2026\">\u2018Alex Eala\u2019s mentality is second to none \u2013 and she can reach US Open semi-finals\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/Transcript:%20ESPN%202026%20US%20Open%20Preview%20with%20Mary%20Joe%20Fernandez%20and%20Patrick%20McEnroe%E2%80%AF%20-%20ESPN%20Press%20Room\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/patrick-mcenroe\">McEnroe<\/a> said: \u201cThe USTA better make sure they put her on big courts. In New York, I think the crowd is going to be wild for her. It\u2019s going to be a great story. Better make sure they don\u2019t put her on one of those side courts early in the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a Grand Slam has come underfire for their scheduling decisions when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alex-eala\">Eala<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/australian-open\">Australian Open<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/lindsay-davenport\">Lindsay Davenport<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/martina-navratilova\">Martina Navratilova<\/a> were far from happy with the star being put on court six for her first round match with Alycia Parks.<\/p>\n<p>Davenport said: \u201cShe [Eala] probably needed to be on a bigger showcourt. She\u2019s \u2013 I think \u2013 probably the most famous female from the Philippines, certainly one of the most famous people ever to come through there sporting world, and there were so many fans here who were just waiting to get in there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to go see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alycia-parks\">Alycia Parks<\/a> play,\u201d continued the American. \u201cYou weren\u2019t getting anywhere near that court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Navratilova then urged future Grand Slams to be wiser when scheduling Eala\u2019s match going forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe organisers need to keep more in mind where the players are from and what the actual fan base is here,\u201d Navratilova explained.\u00a0\u201cBecause there\u2019s massive Filipino audience in Melbourne, in Australia, so keep that in mind next time you make the schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having taken the North American hardcourt swing by storm so recently, it\u2019s very unlikely that Eala will be put anywhere other than Louis Armstrong or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/arthur-ashe\">Arthur Ashe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is a big community of Filipinos in Woodside, Queen\u2019s in New York City, so much so that is has been dubbed Little Manila.<\/p>\n<p>They are almost definitely set to flock to Eala\u2019s matches at Flushing Meadows this year, so the star will need to be on a showcase court at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/us-open\">US Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick McEnroe warns the US Open not to make a big mistake with Alex Eala this year Liam McMillen 26 Aug 2026 2:00 AM Alex Eala speaks to the media Alex Eala is set to be one of the biggest attractions at the US Open this year, such is her growing popularity on the WTA [&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-2111703","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\/2111703","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=2111703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2111703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2111703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2111703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}