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MASON, OHIO – AUGUST 15: Alexandra Eala of the Philippines plays Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania during day 5 of the Cincinnati Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 15, 2026 in Mason, Ohio. (Photo by Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
After exiting the 2026 Cincinnati Open<\/a> in the Round of 32, rising Filipina tennis star Alex Eala<\/a> is set to play in the US Open.<\/p>\n Eala will be in the main draw of the women\u2019s tournament as well as a wildcard entry along with men\u2019s World No. 4 Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a> in the mixed doubles. It will be the first time that Eala and Auger-Aliassime are going to play together.<\/p>\n They are competing in a field stacked with star pairings, headlined by Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Aryna Sabalenka<\/a>, who are the top-ranked mixed duo.<\/p>\n Eala is having a breakout year, winning her first career WTA title<\/a> at the Mubadala DC Open earlier this month.<\/p>\n Auger-Aliassime, meanwhile, won his second consecutive Open Occitanie in February. He also reached the quarterfinal of the French Open and Wimbledon.<\/p>\n Felix Auger-Aliassime on Alex Eala Team-Up GettyFelix Auger-Aliassime of Canada reacts against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their Gentlemen\u2019s Singles quarterfinal match on day nine of The Championships Wimbledon 2026 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 07, 2026 in London, England.<\/p>\n Speaking on the Tennis Channel<\/a> after beating Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the Round of 32 of the 2026 Cincinnati Open, Felix Auger-Aliassime discussed his upcoming team-up with Alex Eala.<\/p>\n Auger-Aliassime explained how their pairing came about and raved about Eala\u2019s rising popularity.<\/p>\n \u201cSame agency, and then I think, the people in our teams kind of talked and made that happen,\u201d Auger-Aliassime said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity \u2019cause, obviously, I didn\u2019t play last year, this time around, to kind of feel what it\u2019s like to have the Eala effect and fanbase behind me.<\/p>\n The World No. 4 added, \u201cIt\u2019s going to be funny because she\u2019s younger than me, but I feel like I\u2019m the one that\u2019s like, you know, she has a fan base, right? Like she\u2019s carrying the crowd. So, it\u2019s going to be interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n Eala and Auger-Aliassime have yet to find out their opponents in the first round. They are scheduled to play on August 25 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.<\/p>\n 2026 US Open Mixed Doubles Pairings<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the current list of pairings<\/a> for the upcoming mixed doubles tournament at the 2026 US Open:<\/p>\n Direct Entrants<\/p>\n World No. 5 Novak Djokovic and World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka Wild Cards<\/p>\n World No. 4 Felix Auger-Aliassime and World No. 20 Alexandra Eala Three more wild card pairings are set to be announced, while two teams from the qualifying tournament will complete the main draw.<\/p>\n It should be noted that Taylor Townsend is the World No. 2 and Andrea Vavassori is the World No. 8 in the doubles rankings.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tJuan Paolo David<\/a> Juan Paolo David is a sports journalist covering basketball for Heavy. He has a decade of experience writing about the NBA and WWE. He’s currently based in the Philippines. More about Juan Paolo David<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty MASON, OHIO – AUGUST 15: Alexandra Eala of the Philippines plays Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania during day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-863915","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\/863915","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=863915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Felix](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1920x1080-2026-08-19T214237.184.png\")
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