“THAT IS THE DUMBEST THING THEY COULD DO” — THE WTA HAS BEEN GIVEN A BLUNT WARNING OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF PUNISHING ALEX EALA FOR CHOOSING THE PHILIPPINES. Eala has made her priorities clear: when the Asian Games and China Open collided on the calendar, she chose to wear her country’s colors in Nagoya. That decision comes with a potentially painful price. The China Open is a mandatory WTA 1000 event for a player at her ranking, and Philippine officials have had to formally seek an exemption on her behalf. Now the prospect of sanctioning one of the Tour’s fastest-rising stars for representing her country has sparked a particularly fierce response. And the argument for why punishing Eala could actually backfire on the WTA goes far beyond the fine itself.

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Alex Eala remains at risk of a hefty fine from the WTA Tour for missing out on the upcoming China Open in Beijing. Eala could be fined $10,000 for missing… Read more