(UPDATE) PHILIPPINE tennis star Alex Eala said she wanted to see pound-for-pound boxing legend Manny Pacquiao courtside, in what was described as her \u201cpress box.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked who she wanted in her box, Eala specifically mentioned the former politician, who recently stepped out of retirement in boxing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would pick Manny Pacquiao,\u201d Eala said.<\/p>\n
Apart from the former senator, Eala also wanted world-class musicians such as Bad Bunny and Olivia Dean, whose songs are referenced in her social media posts.<\/p>\n
Eala is currently competing in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells in the United States, as she is set to take part in the Round of 16, after shocking Coco Gauff in a walkover victory on Monday\u2019s Round of 32 in two sets, 6-2, 2-0.<\/p>\n
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By signing up with an email address, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Terms of Service<\/a> and Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n She will next face off against world no. 14 Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic at the round of 16 on Wednesday, where a victory could secure her a berth in the tournament\u2019s quarterfinals.<\/p>\n Last month, Pacquiao said he was \u201cfull of pride and admiration\u201d for Eala, while he watched her on television.<\/p>\n \u201cShe is carrying the country\u2019s flag… There needs to be more people like her. Keep it up, work hard,\u201d he told reporters in February.<\/p>\n Pacquiao, himself, is preparing for a 10-round exhibition match against his former sparring partner, Ruslan Provodnikov, which takes place on Apr. 18, 2026, and also confirmed a rematch against undefeated boxing star against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Sept. 19. Both matches will take place in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(UPDATE) PHILIPPINE tennis star Alex Eala said she wanted to see pound-for-pound boxing legend Manny Pacquiao courtside, in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[5118,64,63,802,264517,7429,15130,85,319,130035],"class_list":["post-532836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-alex","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-courtside","tag-pacquiao","tag-see","tag-sports","tag-to","tag-wants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}