Eala wins first WTA title at DC Open, first Filipina champion at WTA 500

Alexandra Eala became the first Filipina to win a singles WTA title, rallying past Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 Monday at the DC Open. This is Eala's first career WTA singles title.

Alex Eala has won her first WTA title after beating Jessica Pegula in the final of Mubadala DC Open.

Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino to win a WTA singles title as she beats top seed Jessica Pegula in a delayed Washington Open final.

Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino to win a WTA singles title as she beats top seed Jessica Pegula in a delayed Washington Open final.

Victory over the top seed in Washington sealed Eala’s first singles title on the WTA Tour and the first ever by a Filipina player

Filipino sensation beats Jessica Pegula 4-6 6-4 6-0 21-year-old has five straight wins over top-10 players Alexandra Eala dismantled top seed Jessica Pegula 4-6 6-4 6-0 after the weather-hit ⁠DC Open final in Washington resumed on Monday, completing a remarkable comeback to become the first player from the Philippines to win a ⁠WTA ​Tour-level singles title. The 21-year-old resumed play on Monday trailing by a set but leading 2-1 in the second ⁠after Sunday’s final started nearly three hours late and was later suspended overnight because of persistent rain. Continue reading...

Alexandra Eala’s breakthrough week at the DC Open lasted one day longer than anyone expected. After the women’s final stretched across two days because of heavy rain, Eala rallied past Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 Monday to capture the first WTA Tour singles title of her career. The victory made the 21-year-old Eala the first Filipina to win a singles title on the tour, completing the same career-defining breakthrough that the Washington tournament once gave Pegula when she claimed her first WTA Tour title in 2019.

WASHINGTON — It may not have been how she expected to win her first title, in a rain-delayed final played in front of an intimate crowd on a Monday afternoon, but minutiae tends to fade into the background when history is on the line. That’s how it was for 21-year-old Alexandra Eala at the D.C. Open, who came from a set down to defeat top seed Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-4, 6-0. It made her the first player from the Philippines to win a WTA Tour title, and she did it in style, racing through the third

Rising Filipina star Alexandra Eala came from a set down against Jessica Pegula to claim the first WTA Tour singles title of her career at the DC Open.