{"id":256404,"date":"2026-06-05T14:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/256404\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:43:13","slug":"alex-eala-gains-main-draw-entry-to-queens-club-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/256404\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Eala gains main draw entry to Queen\u2019s Club Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-678502\" class=\"size-full wp-image-678502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AFP__20260526__B42C8TW__v1__HighRes__TennisFraOpen2026-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Eala will be a main draw entry in the Queen\u2019s Club Championships in London from June 8 to 14.The Filipino tennis ace has been listed as part of the main draw in the WTA 500 tournament.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-678502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE\u2013Philippines\u2019 Alexandra Eala in action. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD \/ AFP)<\/p>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2014 Alex Eala will be a main draw entry in the Queen\u2019s Club Championships in London from June 8 to 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The Filipino tennis ace has been listed as part of the main draw in the WTA 500 tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Eala was initially listed as a qualifier, but got the main draw entry with Karolina Pliskova of Czechia, due to the injuries of \u00a0Jessica Pegula and Hailey Baptiste.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tArticle continues after this advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Interestingly, Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, also makes her comeback after four years in the Queen\u2019s Club Championships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Eala is currently competing in the WTA125 Birmingham Open, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.inquirer.net\/679765\/alex-eala-rallies-past-alina-charaeva-to-reach-birmingham-quarterfinals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reaching the quarterfinals<\/a> of the WTA 125 event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The World No.37 Eala is also set to play in the WTA500 Bad Homburg Open, where she will team up with Venus Williams in the doubles tournament.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n          &#13;<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n                          Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n          &#13;<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n                          Your subscription has been successful.&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE\u2013Philippines\u2019 Alexandra Eala in action. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD \/ AFP) MANILA, Philippines \u2014 Alex Eala will be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-256404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}