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Alex Eala keeps finding new ceilings to smash. On Tuesday (midnight Wednesday in Manila), the shards landed on the immaculate lawns of Wimbledon, where the Filipina prodigy carved yet another first into Philippine tennis history.

Bronze medals rarely dominate the headlines, but Alas Pilipinas' Under-18 girls made sure this one came with a story worth telling.

Missing the quarterfinals could have deflated the Philippines' beach handball team. Instead, the Amigas turned disappointment into another upset, adding the United States to a growing list of higher-ranked victims at the IHF Women's Beach Handball World Championship in Zagreb, Croatia.

The Philippine women’s beach handball team arrived in Croatia grateful simply to be in the main draw. A few days later, the Amigas found themselves celebrating a victory that belonged in the sport’s growing catalogue of improbable upsets.

The fairytale lasted only two matches, four sets to be exact, but what a fascinating chapter it was.