{"id":585098,"date":"2026-04-04T13:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/585098\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T13:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:57:11","slug":"alex-eala-iga-swiatek-reunite-at-rafa-nadal-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/585098\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Eala, Iga Swiatek reunite at Rafa Nadal Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>  Published  April 4, 2026 6:01pm  <\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=gmanetwork.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"gma-preferred-source-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">  Add GMA on Google <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. <\/p>\n<p>World No. 4 Iga Swiatek and Filipina tennis star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/tracking\/alexeala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alexandra \u2018Alex\u2019 Eala<\/a> reunited at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Spain as they gear up for their upcoming tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>The Rafa Nadal Academy social media page posted their photo on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Eala and Swiatek previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/sports\/othersports\/873034\/alex-eala-graduates-from-rafa-nadal-academy\/story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">crossed paths at the academy in 2023 during the Filipina\u2019s graduation<\/a>, where the Polish star was a guest.<\/p>\n<p>The two have also faced each other on the court. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/sports\/othersports\/940683\/alex-eala-vs-iga-swiatek-miami-open-quarterfinals-march-27-2025\/story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eala scored a win over Swiatek at the Miami Open last year<\/a>, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/sports\/othersports\/943870\/alex-eala-falls-short-against-iga-swiatek-to-end-madrid-open-run\/story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Polish player came out on top in their rematch in Madrid in April 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/sports\/othersports\/982225\/alex-eala-back-at-rafa-nadal-academy-ahead-of-clay-court-swing\/story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eala is preparing for the Linz Open<\/a>, a clay-court tournament, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/sports\/othersports\/982466\/iga-swiatek-hires-rafael-nadal-s-former-coach\/story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Swiatek recently hired Rafael Nadal\u2019s former coach, Francisco Roig<\/a>, ahead of her upcoming campaign in Stuttgart, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/sports\/othersports\/982581\/alex-eala-s-clay-court-swing-upcoming-tournaments-schedule-and-season-recap\/story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alex Eala\u2019s clay-court swing: Upcoming tournaments, schedule, and season recap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014JKC, GMA News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published April 4, 2026 6:01pm Add GMA on Google Make this your preferred source to get more updates&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[5100,64,63,2636,17839,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-585098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alex-eala","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-iga-swiatek","12":"tag-rafa-nadal-academy","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585098","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=585098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}