{"id":230769,"date":"2026-01-10T11:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/230769\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T11:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:07:11","slug":"filipina-tennis-star-alex-eala-out-in-tight-semi-final-at-asb-classic-2026-in-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/230769\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipina tennis star Alex Eala out in tight semi-final at ASB Classic 2026 in Auckland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic medallist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/xinyu-wang\" 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;313f179c-e392-4ac3-87e7-75950ba63352&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10T08:25:39.996Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Filipina tennis star Alex Eala out in tight semi-final at ASB Classic&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;xinyu-wang\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-ph\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-cn\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;,\\&quot;asia-editorial\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Filipina tennis star Alex Eala out in tight semi-final at ASB Classic&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;tennis-philippines-alex-eala-tight-semi-final-wang-xinyu-asb-classic&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\">Wang\u00a0Xinyu<\/a> broke Alex Eala\u2019s stride in the semi-final of the ASB Classic with a three-set victory over the Filipina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sports\/tennis\/\" 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tennis star Alex Eala out in tight semi-final at ASB Classic&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;xinyu-wang\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-ph\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-cn\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;,\\&quot;asia-editorial\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Filipina tennis star Alex Eala out in tight semi-final at ASB Classic&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;tennis-philippines-alex-eala-tight-semi-final-wang-xinyu-asb-classic&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\">tennis<\/a> star on Saturday (10 January).<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 seed Eala enjoyed two straight-set victories to advance to the semi-final against the seventh seed from the People\u2019s Republic of China, but seemed to lose some of that momentum once she\u00a0stepped onto the hard courts in Auckland, New Zealand again.<\/p>\n<p>Eala was down 0-4 to start the opening set, but managed to rally back to eventually take it 7-5. She was less fortunate in the following sets, which ended in tightly in favour of Wang, 7-5, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>After 2 hours and 48 gruelling minutes, Wang came out on top to secure a spot in the final on Sunday and now becomes the first Chinese player to reach the singles final at the WTA 250 tournament since 2012 winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/jie-zheng\" 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;313f179c-e392-4ac3-87e7-75950ba63352&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10T08:25:39.996Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Filipina tennis star Alex Eala out in tight semi-final at ASB Classic&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;xinyu-wang\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-ph\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-cn\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;,\\&quot;asia-editorial\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Filipina tennis star Alex Eala out in tight semi-final at ASB Classic&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;tennis-philippines-alex-eala-tight-semi-final-wang-xinyu-asb-classic&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\">Zheng Jie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time that Eala and Wang faced on court, the latter struggling with injury the two previous seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Wang will now face either Ukraine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/elina-svitolina\" 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;313f179c-e392-4ac3-87e7-75950ba63352&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10T08:25:39.996Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Filipina tennis star Alex Eala out in tight semi-final at ASB Classic&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;xinyu-wang\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-ph\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-cn\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;,\\&quot;asia-editorial\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Filipina tennis star Alex Eala out in tight semi-final at ASB Classic&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;tennis-philippines-alex-eala-tight-semi-final-wang-xinyu-asb-classic&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\">Elina Svitolina<\/a> or USA\u2019s Iva Jovi\u0107\u00a0in the final. The two tennis players will compete in the later semifinal and are also facing each other for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olympic medallist\u00a0Wang\u00a0Xinyu broke Alex Eala\u2019s stride in the semi-final of the ASB Classic with a three-set victory over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-230769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}