After battling qualifier, Alex Eala up for rougher road in Wuhan

Inquirer.net - Oct 13, 2026

Alex Eala was playing qualifier Han Shi of China at press time to get her WTA 1000 Wuhan Open campaign going, and a victory would put the unbelievably popular Filipina in a collision course with Filipino-Canadian Leylah Fernandez in the next round. The road to going deep in the tournament will be very tough in

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