On Thursday, March 27, Eala faces second seed and Swiatek at the quarterfinals of the Miami Open. This, after the tenth seed Spanish Paula Badosa withdrew from her fourth-round match with Eala owing to lower back injury.
Even before Eala’s quarterfinals appearance, the 19-year-old already made history, becoming the first Filipino tennis player to beat, not just one but, two Grand Slam champions — Jelena Ostapenko and Madison Keys — in the second and third round.
In the widely anticipated matchup with Swiatek — who also trained at the Rafael Nadal Academy in Mallorca, Spain — Eala faces a tough challenge, considering the 23-year-old Pole is a five-time Grand Slam champion and a former champion at the WTA 1000 event in Miami in 2022.
