{"id":405306,"date":"2026-02-03T08:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/405306\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:52:10","slug":"eala-holds-off-sonmez-in-straight-sets-to-reach-abu-dhabi-second-round-wta-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/405306\/","title":{"rendered":"Eala holds off Sonmez in straight sets to reach Abu Dhabi second round &#8211; WTA Tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxQLTRKUzVwNGpGZzNjY3R0M1ZxRHZrLVE5a25FemRhYUYtemtSVVBkMmhuV0RTeW5ycmVWbDFaWnBVSGlsbUVjcExlbUJkM0t1R1BoVFUxR25TX1VvOUp3aUIySkh3c2duRUxZUllrX1ZkY0tGZk9MT1dlb0wwckdaM2lhMHhheEZYVGZNWDFZaWhRNWQwMDBkcWNRQlpGSXduM0NUVnAwTXhDRUE4S3JDRg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eala holds off Sonmez in straight sets to reach Abu Dhabi second round<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WTA Tennis<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxQQzdxRnl4N0J6ODg4amZjWTlfX0stOGYxVzlDcTVicWhxR3JrZi1JYjBSRGJlcXZnN20tQ3RqWDU5T09qblhaNnFIMnZHTFE3M1VjeTNkbUdvbVA4a3VqRmd2TG5wdm5yYldSeE5MV1NDUnVOVVdTWko2Mm5rbUxJWmFsT0x5U01VbWVoME5qbW1VWGItNURxUTlCVWUxMXVI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eala pays tribute to close friend Sonmez after Abu Dhabi win<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WTA Tennis<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPbWZwZ1NrcHpnRjRxSWVCMlNockREZWNIUmJVRHJCOUtsU3pfbHFMNzhrSXVLMXl0b0xDWWRvbW92ZTVfOV91OGZZZFNVbWpxYkVQX3h1R3hhYllrUGwwNkN3VDAxdlhVeHN3ZE5Hd3FvMVNEcXQ5bzRGSjFzbURVNVlrcFVKSTU1dFBxWWF1QVViXy02ZTBaWFlRWXFGV21nd0RBQmdB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alexandra Eala pinpoints the biggest change in her game over the last two years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Tennishead<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4wFBVV95cUxNa1FmYzcyY3FqdUt5ZzVHOXo2VmxIc0NuNVhNLVhDSDhkSVZVZ1p5eVdSVGtxcGpmdGt2bng0LVZwa1ltQjJhNGZRbUo4OEhCOTlCbWNpcGtOVXUyNzRZN2p4bXBxbEl0djlfOG1nVnc5NU9VN1E3V3dPbE1zSWt4RjI0SXAtb1k4SENZMHlSWGQ3LU5nRldJNU1nM0ROenUzSHk1cEhYbTRzVzZYUko0UGpscHlBMDVyQldHWnZRc2N1eXBCZzlrY2U1cDZ2UzJVcWpqeUxQRTJSOWdxaFVXYmYwTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CAREER-HIGH FOR OUR FILIPINA TENNIS ACE! \u2764\ufe0f Alex Eala has reached a new career-high ranking of WTA no. 45! \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded Congratulations, Alex! | via Dyan Castillejo, ABS-CBN News (Screengrab from WTA Site)<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;facebook.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQLXY5aW5tb2JpZE1kc3BKblE3b0htZmZqYlJVSzAtU1FrRmlEVWI2TUMyaXZWOFI5WkZTeTliamJYbDI0MnM3MmpFb1JnWEZLb1hRQXl0Z25uOEg3dEJpeDFXSEVDZUJNRWgyTGhHTW45dk85RTVZNnB5Q1dKck9JSlpUZm90Y0pjTWp3RURRT0xyZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alex Eala climbs to No. 45 in WTA rankings<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Philstar Life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eala holds off Sonmez in straight sets to reach Abu Dhabi second round&nbsp;&nbsp;WTA TennisEala pays tribute to close&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55,5793],"class_list":["post-405306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}