Alex Eala arrived at the Strasbourg Open looking sharp, fearless, and very much at home on clay. For one set, she looked like she might also be leaving with a quick victory and somebody else’s confidence packed in her tennis bag.
Under the stone-cold gaze of the marble statues surrounding Pietrangeli Court, Alex Eala authored another chapter in her increasingly fearless European clay campaign—this time with a side of revenge.
The outdoor red dirt of Spain offered little mercy for Alex Eala, who bowed out of the Matua Madrid Open after a straight-sets loss to Belgium’s Elise Mertens.
The University Athletic Association of the Philippines has cleared Ateneo de Manila University to compete in Season 89 despite the June 8 team-building tragedy in Dipaculao, Aurora that claimed the lives of student-athletes Rene Clert Baterbonia and Chukwuemeka Divine Adili, while imposing a lifetime ban on former Blue Eagles head coach Thomas Anthony Baldwin and suspending seven other members of the team’s coaching and support staff.
Accessibility is often measured in inches and angles, in ramps, elevators, doorways, and pathways. But its real measure is simpler. It is whether a place allows people to move through it with dignity, independence, and ease.
SMX Convention Centers is expanding its footprint as the Philippine business events industry gathers momentum, with visitor traffic rising 18 percent in the first half of 2026 and new venues in Cebu and Metro Manila set to add capacity.
Universal Robina Corp. (URC) has inaugurated a P2.75-billion manufacturing complex in Malvar, Batangas, expanding its production capacity as the Filipino food company seeks to meet rising demand at home and strengthen its position in export markets.