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LIVE UPDATES: Alex Eala continues her campaign in the 2026 Wimbledon Championships vs Maya Joint in the second round.

  • Alex Eala continues her campaign in the 2026 Wimbledon Championships vs Maya Joint in the singles second round.

Wimbledon 2026 schedule

July 2, Thursday – Singles second round

  • 8:30pm (tentative) – Alex Eala vs Maya Joint

LIVE UPDATES: Alex Eala vs Maya Joint – Wimbledon 2026 second round

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Philippines’ Alexandra Eala returns to Mexico’s Renata Zarazua during their women’s singles first round tennis match on the second day of the 2026 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 30, 2026. AFP

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Alex Eala collected a milestone—for herself and for the country—with her victory at Wimbledon. She also earned something else: A shot at redemption.

Fresh off her first main-draw win at the All England Club, Eala will face Maya Joint in the second round of the Wimbledon Championships, a rematch of a showdown that produced one of the most unforgettable defeats of her young career.

The two last met in the 2025 Eastbourne Open final, where Eala came within a point of claiming her first WTA title before Joint rallied to deny her despite the Filipino ace holding four championship points. The defeat stung, but it also marked history as Eala became the first female player from the Philippines to reach a WTA singles final.

“A really great match,” Eala recalled after her Wimbledon opener. “I’d love to have the chance to improve on some things that I could have improved from that match.”

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A year later, much has changed.



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