FILIPINA ALEX EALA WINS TWICE IN ONE DAY IN GUADALAJARA OPEN TO REACH SEMIFINALS

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) TAKES ON AMERICAN KAYLA DAY SATURDAY CHICAGO (PM) -- AFTER her second-round exit at the US Open the previous week, Alexandra Eala, 20, came back roaring on Thursday Sept. 4, 2025 when she won twice in one day to reach the semifinals of the WTA 125 Guadalajara Open in Mexico. The Filipina sensation defeated American Varvara Lepchenko in a suspended Round of 16 match and then beat Italian Nicole Fossa Huergo in the quarterfinals. BACK-TO-BACK VICTORIES LET HER EARN A SHOT IN THE SEMIF...

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NO. 70 FILIPINO ALEXANDRA EALA UPSETS NO. 14 DANE CLARA TAUSON AT THE 2025 US OPEN

By SCOTT SODE (Manager, Content & Communications Of US Tennis Association Eastern Section) QUEENS, New York (USTA) -- WHAT a moment! In front of a boisterous, highly-energized crowd of mostly Filipinos in the Grandstand, 2022 US Open junior girls’ singles champion and world No. 70 Alexandra Eala—the first-ever Filipino to contest a match in the US Open women’s singles draw—came back from a double break in the third set to upset No. 14 seed Clara Tauson of Denmark, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(11)...

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JGL Eye: SONA, SO SURREAL!

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) WILL PBBM'S CALL FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR ALL TAKE OFF? CHICAGO (PM) - The state of the Nation Address (SONA) is usually a boring speech when it is replete with motherhood statements that can easily send you to sleep. But the 4th SONA of Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos, Jr. (PBBM) last Monday, July 28. 2025, was different as it was surreal. SONA PRESIDENT FERDINAND R. Marcos...