On the curved grass courts of Eastborn, Alex IlaThe game became stronger than the wind.

Philipina Tennis Star continued to grow her significant growth over the grass with a win 6–1, 6–2 over Ukraine Dayana Yastrimca WTA 250 to reach the semi -finals of the Eastborn Open. This victory is only a day later when EALA shocked World No. 20 Jelna OstapanekoPutting forward his reputation as one of the increasing dangers of the seizures.

Despite the serious conditions, the 20 -year -old EALA remained throughout the match, using deep, frequent returns to neutralize Yastmska’s power. With a inequality of 57–37 in terms of total marks, the game was certainly a unilateral case in favor of the EALA.

He broke his opponent’s service in all seven occasions and limited his own errors to just 10, contrary to 24 of the world’s number 42 Yastremska. Eela’s court awareness and defensive readed allowed her to fix the tempo quickly and never looked back.

This is the second WTA semi -final appearance of the EALA, after showing her breakout at the 2025 Miami Open that put her on the Global Tennis radar first.

Now riding a five -match victory on the grass riding a ride, Eela faced France Varwara Grenwa (World No. 111) In the semi -finals – a winable match -up that can send young Philipina to their first WTA final and help to prepare for the upcoming debut at Wimbledon Open.