MANILA, Philippines —  Alex Eala withstood a gritty Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, to advance to the Indian Wells Open round of 32 on Saturday in front of an ecstatic Filipino-dominated crowd in California. Yastremska was at match point, 5-4, after blanking Eala in the ninth game of the decider. But the Filipino tennis ace never wavered and dominated the World No. 52 Ukrainian in the next two games.  READ: Alex Eala sees her PH tennis dream coming to life on tour And what a debut it is #AlexandraEala | #TennisParadise pic.twitter.com/BwLx82cNnt — wta (@WTA) March 7, 2026 […]... Keep on reading: Alex Eala survives Dayana Yastremska in Indian Wells debut