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ALEX EALA DOMINATES BELARUSAN

CHICAGO (PM) FILIPINO sensation Alex Eala trounced Aliona Falei of Belarus, 6-3, 7-5, in the singles match at the start of the Round of 32 of the Jingshan 125 Open in China Tuesday. It took the No. 1 seed Eala hour and 51 minutes to beat the tenacious Belarusan ranked 322 in the WT...

ALEX EALA BACK IN ACTION IN CHINA

OPENS BID AS NO. 1 SEED IN WTA 125 JINGSHAN OPEN SHE SHOULD NOT BE OVER CONFIDENT CHICAGO (PM) – AFTER a brief homecoming in her native Philippines following a ,gruelling campaign in North and South Americas, Alexandra Eala re-starts her campaign in Asia as No. 1 seed against Aliona Falei o...

JGL Eye: PBBM, STEPPING OUT OF THE SHADOWS OF HIS FATHER?

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) WHY LIMIT E.O.94 RETROACTIVITY TO “2016 ONWARDS” WHEN RELEVANT LAW VIOLATED BY FLOOD CONTROL OFFENDERS HARKS BACK TO 2003? CAN PBBM AVERT PEOPLE POWER 3? CHICAGO (PM) – BY ALLOWING his cousin, Speaker Martin Romualdez to...

INDONESIAN JANICE TIEN UPSETS ALEX EALA, REACHES SEMIFINALS; EALA TO PLAY NEXT IN PORTUGAL

ALEX EALA'S WINNING STREAK ENDS AT 7 CHICAGO (PM) – JANICE Tien of Indonesia upset Filipina ace Alex Eala during the quarterfinals in SP Open in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 6-4, 6-1 Friday, stopping the Filipina ace’s winning streak at seven. Tjen becomes the first Indonesian to play in a...

SURGING FILIPINO ALEX EALA BEATS ARGENTINA’S JULIA RIERA

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) FACES INDONESIAN JANICE TIEN NEXT CHICAGO (PM) -- FILIPINA Alex Eala moved closer to her quest for her second WTA title by dispatching Argentina’s Julia Riera with a final score of 6-1, 6-4 in the Round of 16 to a...

ALEX EALA IN EASY WIN VS. FRENCH MANSOURI IN FIRST ROUND OF 32 IN SAO PAULO WTA 250

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) FILIPINA’S WINNING STREAK REACHES SIX BY OUTLASTING MANSOURI IN SAO PAULO CHICAGO (PM) – ALEX EALA is on a roll. The first Filipino to ever to win a WTA title just defeated Yasmine Mansouri of France in the first round match o...

DUTERTE’S CONFIRMATION HEARING POSTPONED

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) CHICAGO (PM) The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, The Netherlands, Judge María del Socorro Flores Liera dissenting, decided Sept. 8, 2025 to postpone the commencement of the confirmation...

ALEX EALA WINS HER FIRST WTA TITLE! NEXT STOP: SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA ©2025 (PhilaMessenger.net) FILIPINA NOW RANKS WORLD NO. 61, EARNS $115K CHICAGO (PM) -- ALEX EALA moved up 14 spots to rank as World No. 61 from her previous ranking of No. 75 when she earned 1054 points following her first ever singles world title in the WTA 125 ...