{"id":755191,"date":"2026-06-23T06:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/755191\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T06:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:02:09","slug":"bad-homburg-open-eala-and-williams-form-dream-doubles-team-philippine-canadian-inquirer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/755191\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Homburg Open: Eala and Williams form dream doubles team \u2013 Philippine Canadian Inquirer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Neena Mae Rayos, Philippine Canadian Inquirer<br \/>June 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-508781\" class=\"wp-image-508781 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/db68ebd3-1c94-485d-bd24-8f60572b3c34-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"925\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-508781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo courtesy: WTA)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>GERMANY \u2013 Filipino rising tennis star Alex Eala has joined forces with American legend Venus Williams for the upcoming WTA500 Bad Homburg Open in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>This exciting doubles partnership marks a significant moment as the 21-year-old Eala teams up with the 46-year-old seven-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n<p>Originally scheduled to face a Japanese and Chinese Taipei duo, their opponents withdrew due to injury, granting the pair extra time before their Round 1 qualifier match.<\/p>\n<p>Eala expressed immense excitement, calling Williams a true trailblazer for women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off a strong performance in Berlin where she reached the final four, Eala is using this tournament as her final tune-up before Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>There, she will compete as a seeded player, a historic first for the Philippines. In singles play, she faces Belgium\u2019s Elise Mertens, a familiar opponent who previously defeated her in the opening round of the Madrid Open.<\/p>\n<p>With a current grass-court record of 9-2, including victories over top-ranked players, Eala aims to build momentum for the prestigious London tournament starting June 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neena Mae Rayos, Philippine Canadian InquirerJune 23, 2026 (Photo courtesy: WTA) \u00a0 GERMANY \u2013 Filipino rising tennis star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-755191","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\/755191","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=755191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}