{"id":398287,"date":"2026-01-09T12:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/398287\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:27:08","slug":"alexandra-eala-reaches-asb-classic-semi-finals-with-straight-sets-victory-over-magda-linette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/398287\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandra Eala reaches ASB Classic semi-finals with straight-sets victory over Magda Linette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After exchanging early breaks, Eala took control of the opening set and carried that authority into the second, opening up a clear lead before closing out the match. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/tennis\/philippines-tennis-star-alex-eala-progresses-to-asb-classic-semifinals\/ar-AA1TRzw9\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;e02fa02c-2339-4c1c-82bb-03bcb3c268a7&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-01-09T10:19:20.209Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Alexandra Eala reaches ASB Classic semi-finals with straight-sets victory over Magda Linette&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-ph\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;,\\&quot;asia-editorial\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Alexandra Eala reaches ASB Classic semi-finals with straight-sets victory over Magda Linette&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;alexandra-eala-reaches-asb-classic-semi-finals&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-tennis&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;TEN&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">She said afterwards<\/a> that she was encouraged by the progress in her game, particularly against an opponent she had struggled against in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today was difficult. Obviously, Magda being such an experienced player and I have [had] difficulties playing against her before, so I&#8217;m happy that I&#8217;ve seen my level increase and my level improve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eala, the fourth seed in Auckland, now advances to the third WTA semi-final of her burgeoning career, where she will meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/olympic-games\/paris-2024\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;e02fa02c-2339-4c1c-82bb-03bcb3c268a7&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-01-09T10:19:20.209Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Alexandra Eala reaches ASB Classic semi-finals with straight-sets victory over Magda Linette&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-ph\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;,\\&quot;asia-editorial\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Alexandra Eala reaches ASB Classic semi-finals with straight-sets victory over Magda Linette&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;alexandra-eala-reaches-asb-classic-semi-finals&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-tennis&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;TEN&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paris 2024<\/a> mixed doubles silver medallist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/xinyu-wang\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wang Xinyu<\/a> of the People&#8217;s Republic of China on Saturday (10 January).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After exchanging early breaks, Eala took control of the opening set and carried that authority into the second,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-398287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}