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.
Alex Eala has kicked off her Madrid campaign off to a good start, easing into the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open with a composed 6-3, 6-3 win over Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
In a first-time clash at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, a WTA 500 event, Canada’s Leylah Fernandez showcased experience and firepower to outplay Philippine rising star Alex Eala, 6-1, 6-4, in a match that doubled as a crash course on clay-court tennis.
Filipino tennis fans were hoping good things come in threes. Alex Eala instead got a reminder that in tennis, past wins do not always travel well across surfaces.
Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. (TMP) is pressing the transport regulator to allow conventional hybrid vehicles to compete for 7,500 new transport network vehicle service (TNVS) slots in Metro Manila, challenging the government’s decision to limit the latest allocation to plug-in and fully electric vehicles.
The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time since 2023, lifting its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 3.75 percent to 4 percent as policymakers moved to counter persistent inflation.
Notarized deeds of donation and testimony in a plunder case show that a total P75 million given to Senator Rodante Marcoleta by former congressman Mike Defensor, and businessmen Joseph Espiritu and Aristotle Viray was intended to support the lawmaker’s 2025 senatorial campaign, rather than for personal use.