Alex Eala enters the Miami Open quarterfinals after her opponent, world No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain, pulled out due to a lower back injury, Monday, March 24.
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00:00Alex Ayala enters the Miami Open quarterfinals after her opponent,
00:04World No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain, pulled out due to a lower back injury Monday, March 24.
00:10This makes Ayala the first Filipino to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000,
00:14accomplishing significant upsets in previous rounds.
00:18Ayala beat World No. 5 and reigning Australian Open champion Madison Keys,
00:22and World No. 25 and 2017 French Open titleholder Yelena Ostapenko.
00:26In the final 8, Ayala will face the winner of the match between World No. 2 and 5-time
00:31Grand Slam champion Poland's Iga Swiatek and No. 22 Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.
00:36Ayala makes a new career high after her ranking jumped to 102 from 140 in the world rankings.
00:42The big leap also put her on the cusp of finally cracking the top 100 in the world.