{"id":698356,"date":"2026-07-18T12:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T12:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/698356\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T12:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T12:06:20","slug":"alex-eala-looks-back-on-sacrifices-she-made-after-moving-to-spain-at-13-for-tennis-abs-cbn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/698356\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Eala looks back on sacrifices she made after moving to Spain at 13 for tennis &#8211; ABS-CBN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6wFBVV95cUxNNnZ2ODFuS0VpcjI2d3hiNl9zcDh3bWpsczdOQTFGZXFOcjFpb2p5SVpLLTB4LWMtYURvYjZZbHpaRXhiSEhRbVlXdXNBOHA5emVTeGcwb2Y5aXRma09lcThCSGJzT3Z6WnlXQU9KZF82Um1VTG42Y3pUYmQ0bUVoYmJnWm5tUURPNndTYVc0ZjZYTFBlaUVDNl9PZklKNk9SSVdUOVo4dlBCZzdnc0tnb1RWc0xFREoyeWtwcVZ6dUNjcTl1ZWFKLTA2dkFRdzdyZVpjT1EwWFNuVnp3MS1KU29zQWs2ODUyODN3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alex Eala looks back on sacrifices she made after moving to Spain at 13 for tennis<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABS-CBN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2AFBVV95cUxNZkRJanRPZ05VZHBuUEk2ZWswRjMwclhYZmJ5X0lTNVM3aHE3b0RuakFZLXE4VnI5MVk2Y255Mm5ZWFpka2dRSXBSQkFxdzRnckZHMTV1SHlUZGx6eGtlZXNWY3NSOGRubWZvS2dCWV9WN0x6TXdiZHduaF9FbElMMEFaanFja0E0cDB4Q2ZKUm5IVEd1cWo4elZ0X0VBMmhQelFVMVBrZXREX3VSbDJLUUNzNmI0cHJQS2xaS1VsSHZOc2hTaUV4d2VCX0pPUG1USnVnbzBwNDU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;I would definitely choose the experiences I had as a kid or as a teenager over, I guess, what people would consider a normal experience,&#8221; Filipina tennis sensation Alex Eala said as she looks back on moving to Spain at 13 to study and train in tennis. Link to f<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;facebook.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxPeFNEU0RjMTZDeS1qdWppNEJDR1l0NnZvUWt5aFNMQXotTEN2a1ozNHVFRWRWQV9ZSjZoeUN6SE8zRmdmTWMxRDl1WWZBdm1JWHVmM3hWNFhxcW5HOHhwaEhPd2xxMlAySHowU3NSeUlMTTdWRVVFZlhuc1BqVXplY2xKdXZiUVVBdGswYktwMUExZnFwbnhCY3FnNndyZVR0Q2ZtaXhHRGVwSFJ3eDdqVHJn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alex Eala credits parents&#8217; teachings for calm on-court demeanor<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MSN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Eala looks back on sacrifices she made after moving to Spain at 13 for tennis&nbsp;&nbsp;ABS-CBN&#8220;I would definitely&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[57731,830,96,655,3334,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-698356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-alex-eala","tag-celebrity","tag-entertainment","tag-lifestyle","tag-showbiz","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698356","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=698356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}