‘Laban Alex’: From a basketball- and boxing-obsessed nation where sporting heroes are mostly men, Filipina Alex Eala is creating a fandom of her own at US Open | Tennis News
Alexandra Eala, of the Philippines, gestures after she won her match against Oleksandra Oliynykova. (AP Photo) The Alex Eala phenomenon is getting louder at Flushing Meadows — and, remarkably, it is no longer confined to the match courts.Hours before the Filipina star was due to begin her US Open campaign, fans had already packed the…