{"id":2126601,"date":"2026-09-03T16:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2126601"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:30:23","slug":"jim-courier-shares-his-one-wish-for-alex-eala-at-the-us-open-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2126601","title":{"rendered":"Jim Courier shares his one wish for Alex Eala at the US Open 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\">Jim Courier shares his one wish for Alex Eala at the US Open 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 !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Liam McMillen                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"03 Sep 2026 5:30 PM\" data-ps-date=\"03 Sep 2026 5:30 PM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1788453023\"><br \/>\n                            03 Sep 2026 5:30 PM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_dark.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"76\" height=\"24\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 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         Alex Eala celebrates her first round US Open win                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Alex Eala is one step away from enjoying the best US Open campaign of her young career ahead of her second round match at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>Eala reached the second round of the Grand Slam last season, after picking up her very first win at a major by beating Clara Tauson in round one.<\/p>\n<p>The star has the chance to better that as she plays Oleksandra Oliynykova in the second round in New York on Thursday, 3rd September.<\/p>\n<p>Eala has, once again, been one of the most popular stars at the tournament, with fans packing out her first round match on Louis Armstrong Arena.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jim-courier\">Jim Courier<\/a>, speaking on The Tennis Channel, the American icon hoped that the star might make it at least another round to set up a tantalising match-up.<\/p>\n<h2>More Alex Eala news<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-greg-rusedski-us-open-predictions-second-round\">Greg Rusedski issues Alex Eala predictions as he addresses potential Iva Jovic, Coco Gauff matches<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-greg-rusedski-us-open-bad-news-top-5-ranking\">Alex Eala gets top 5 ranking verdict but is told \u2018the bad news\u2019 for her US Open hopes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredible. When your life changes like this, and granted, she hasn\u2019t won a big title yet, it will get even more exponentially, from a popularity standpoint, bigger for her should she do that, and she might someday, but even without that, she is transforming the culture of tennis, certainly, in her country, and bringing more fans under the tent,\u201d said Courier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019ve got to tell you, if I\u2019m the USTA, I would be so pumped if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alex-eala\">Eala<\/a> makes the third round to play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/iva-jovic\">Iva Jovic<\/a>, the young American who is equally impressive when you hear her speak. That would be a real showcase for not just the future of women\u2019s tennis, but I think just the young present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Should Jovic and Eala meet in the third round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/us-open\">US Open<\/a>, it would not be their first meeting in the sport. The pair have met twice already this year, with both matches going the way of the American.<\/p>\n<p>Jovic knocked Eala out of the first round of Roland Garros in their very first meeting, beating the Filipina star by a scoreline of 6-4, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>The American earned another straight sets victory against Eala at Queen\u2019s, as she beat the 21-year-old 6-3, 6-2 in the round of 16 of the grass court tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Jovic and Eala have also played doubles with each other several times throughout 2026, which would add another layer to their potential US Open meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The pair reached the semi finals of the ASB Classic in Auckland at the beginning of the year, where they lost to Chinese duo Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan.<\/p>\n<p>They also played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/indian-wells\">Indian Wells<\/a> together, where they were less successful, losing in the first round to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/hailey-baptiste\">Hailey Baptiste<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jelena-ostapenko\">Jelena Ostapenko<\/a> in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>In order to meet in the third round, Eala would need to beat Oliynykova and Jovic would need to find a way past Britain\u2019s Fran Jones.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Courier shares his one wish for Alex Eala at the US Open this year Liam McMillen 03 Sep 2026 5:30 PM Alex Eala celebrates her first round US Open win Alex Eala is one step away from enjoying the best US Open campaign of her young career ahead of her second round match at [&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-2126601","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\/2126601","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=2126601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2126601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2126601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2126601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}