{"id":697736,"date":"2026-07-18T02:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/697736\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T02:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:59:21","slug":"alex-eala-reflects-on-playing-alongside-venus-williams-at-bad-homburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/697736\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Eala reflects on playing alongside Venus Williams at Bad Homburg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alexandra “Alex” Eala<\/a> recently reflected on what she learned from sharing the court with tennis legend Venus Williams during the Bad Homburg Open.<\/p>\n

Eala and Williams reached the quarterfinals<\/a> of the doubles competition before bowing to Olivia Nicholls and Tereza Mihalikova, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n

Despite the defeat, Eala said the opportunity to partner with the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion was a valuable learning experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an incredible experience for me. Venus has such a special work ethic and such a special mindset. And for who she is, she is so down to earth,\u201d Eala said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo I just took that week to absorb everything I could absorb and learn from her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eala added that she remains grateful for the chance to share the court with Williams<\/a>, who also congratulated the Filipina star on her impressive run at Wimbledon.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the same interview, the Filipina tennis ace also shared the best message she has received from a fan<\/a> and explained why she always speaks from the heart.<\/p>\n

Eala is in the country for media engagements ahead of her next swing in the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n

\u2014JKC, GMA News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexandra “Alex” Eala recently reflected on what she learned from sharing the court with tennis legend Venus Williams…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[57731,220420,101,118,56,54,55,7511],"class_list":["post-697736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-alex-eala","tag-bad-homburg-open","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-venus-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697736","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=697736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}