{"id":481973,"date":"2026-06-08T08:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/481973\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T08:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:13:08","slug":"alexandra-eala-wins-birmingham-open-2026-for-second-career-wta-125-title-i-am-so-honoured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/481973\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandra Eala wins Birmingham Open 2026 for second career WTA 125 title: \u201cI am so honoured&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/alexandra-eala\" 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;4581f301-de7c-400e-a052-9d4e4b742ca9&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-06-08T06:39:51.955Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Alexandra Eala wins Birmingham Open 2026 for second career WTA 125 title: \u201cI am so honoured\\&quot;&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;alexandra-eala\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;seo-article\\&quot;,\\&quot;shintaro-kano\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-ph\\&quot;,\\&quot;asia-editorial\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Alexandra Eala wins Birmingham Open 2026 for second career WTA 125 title: \u201cI am so honoured\\&quot;&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;tennis-birmingham-open-2026-final-alexandra-eala&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\">Alexandra Eala<\/a> won her second WTA 125\u00a0title with victory over doubles partner Nikola Bartunkova in the Birmingham Open final on Sunday (7 June).<\/p>\n<p>Eala had to go the distance against the fifth-seeded Bartunkova, coming back from a set down to prevail 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 for her first triumph since winning the\u00a0Guadalajara Open last year, which is also a 125 event.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old Eala was the top seed here. The world No. 37 from the Philippines dropped only two sets throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>In the final game, Eala saved three break points before sealing the win in a punishing 2 hours, 38 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so honoured to be lifting this trophy today,\u201d Eala said. \u201cLifting this trophy does not mean that I will be among the greats yet, so I\u2019m motivated to keep working and I\u2019m grateful for the part that this trophy has played in my journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis match was incredible; I think it was anyone\u2019s game. It\u2019s one of those days where a little bit of luck and intention was what got me through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Up next for Eala will be the HSBC Championships at The Queen\u2019s Club on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexandra Eala won her second WTA 125\u00a0title with victory over doubles partner Nikola Bartunkova in the Birmingham Open&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-481973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481973","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=481973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}