"I did everything and I have no regrets": Alexandra Eala looking forward to future after incredible run at Miami Open

Philippines’ young tennis star, Alexandra Eala, has stated that she is looking to the future with no regrets after an incredible run at the ongoing Miami Open. The 19-year-old had a fabulous outing in the ongoing WTA 1000 event in Miami, but her journey ended after she lost in the semifinal to America’s Jessica Pegula with a score of 7-6, 5-7, 6-3.

During her way to the semifinal, Eala defeated three Grand Slam winners. She got the better of the reigning world number two, Poland’s Iga Swiatek, in the quarterfinal in straight sets with a score of 6-2, 7-5. In the third round, the youngster defeated the 2025 Australian Open champion Madison Keys in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-2. In the second round, Eala secured another straight-set win against the 2017 French Open winner Latvia’s Jeļena Ostapenko with a score of 7-6, 7-5.

Eala was quoted in a report by UBI Tennis about her incredible journey in the competition. The 19-year-old said that she is proud of herself for producing the goods in a mega-event and that she is looking to the future with ‘no regrets’.

“To have a week like this, the stars need to align and they did this week,” she said. “Hopefully I can keep that up. That is my goal now, to keep this up. But there are so many times in tennis where you have to dig out the dirt to look for the positive and now I’m enjoying it because there’s so much positive around me and I don’t know how many times that has happened, so I’m just lucky to have been able to experience these two weeks. The match I played was amazing and Pegula played amazing. I definitely had my chances and I definitely have things that I could’ve done better, but I literally gave everything I had. As you see, I’m taped up like a mummy. I did everything and I have no regrets”.