Barbora Krejcikova has come back to avoid becoming the second consecutive Wimbledon women's champion to lose in the first ...

After months away with injury, Barbora Krejcikova needed time to settle into her Wimbledon defense before finding her range ...

Philippines’ Alexandra Eala reacts as she plays against Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova during their women’s singles first round tennis match on the second day of the 2025 Wimbledon ...

Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova, 29, said Filipina player Alex Eala (right), 20, left a strong impression on the Centre Court on her Wimbledon debut. ‘She was smashing the ball.

Eala made history by becoming the first Filipina to reach a WTA final with her run to the Eastbourne title match on Saturday. The 20-year-old enjoyed a breakthrough run to the Miami Masters ...

LONDON - Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova survived a stiff examination from promising 20-year-old Filipina Alexandra Eala before finding her groove to triumph 3-6 6-2 6-1 on her return to ...

(1st UPDATE) After setting the tone for a potential shocker, Alex Eala drops a painful three-setter to Barbora Krejcikova as the defending champion cuts short the Filipina’s historic Wimbledon stint ...

Eala looked on her way to an upset of world No. 16 Krejcikova after a rousing win in the first set, but the Czech flashed her veteran poise that has won her two Grand Slam titles, including the ...

Eala skewed a sitter of a volley wide to hand over the crucial break for 2-0, and Krejcikova began to move through the gears, forcing yet more errors from her young opponent.

Eala bagged the next two games to keep herself afloat, but Krejcikova was just too much. And in the third set, Eala’s inexperience seemingly showed as her opponent dictated the pace, going up 3-0.

AFP PHOTO Like Eala’s previous champion foes, Krejcikova found herself impressed with the first Filipina to have played in the grass major. “I mean, I would like to start with giving the credit to ...