LIVE: Alex Eala vs Jasmine Paolini - Wimbledon round of 16

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Alex Eala’s dream run continues against Jasmine Paolini in the Wimbledon round of 16 on Monday, July 6, at Centre Court.

Wimbledon 2026 schedule

July 6, Monday – Centre Court

8:30. p.m. – Alex Eala vs Jasmine Paolini

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Alex Eala vs Jasmine Paolini watch party set for PH fans

The Philippines’ Alex Eala celebrates beating Poland’s Iga Swiatek during their women’s singles third round tennis match on the sixth day of the 2026 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 4, 2026. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP)

Filipinos can catch Alex Eala’s Wimbledon round of 16 match against Jasmine Paolini in a public watch party at Philsports Arena in Pasig City on Monday.

The watchalong, hosted by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), is free and can accommodate up to 8,000 fans on a first-come, first-served basis.

Gates open at 5:30 p.m., while the match, which takes place at Centre Court in London, is set at 8:30 p.m.

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Alex Eala faces Jasmine Paolini for spot at Wimbledon quarterfinals

PHOTO: AP / Brian Inganga and Maja Smiejkowska

MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala guns for her first-ever Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance, facing Italian Jasmine Paolini in the Wimbledon round of 16 on Monday (Philippine time).

Eala hopes to make it 2-0 against the world No. 17 Paolini following her 6-1, 7-6(5) win in their first and only duel in the round of 32 of the Dubai Open early this year.

The 21-year-old Eala dethroned defending champion Iga Swiatek of Poland, 7-6(9), 6-2, to continue her best Grand Slam run yet.

Eala seeks to become the first Filipino to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal after Felicisimo Ampon pulled off the feat at the 1953 French Open.

READ: Alex Eala emotional as little kid from PH reached Wimbledon last 16

Paolini, 30, advanced to the Wimbledon last 16 with a 6-1, 6-2 sweep of Greece’s Maria Sakkari.

Alex Eala targets Wimbledon quarterfinals, more history for Philippines

The Philippines’ Alex Eala reacts as she plays against Poland’s Iga Swiatek during their women’s singles third round tennis match on the sixth day of the 2026 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 4, 2026. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP)

Alex Eala bids to extend her dream Wimbledon run into the quarterfinals when she faces Jasmine Paolini on Monday.

Eala stunned reigning champion Iga Swiatek with a brilliant straight-sets victory on Centre Court in the third round and now faces the task of backing up that breakthrough triumph against former Wimbledon finalist Paolini.

The 21-year-old has been tipped to become a star of the women’s game since defeating Swiatek to reach the Miami Open semifinals last year.

Alex Eala inspires a planet with her Wimbledon performance and story

Alex Eala of the Philippines celebrates winning the third round women’s singles match against Iga Swiatek of Poland at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 4, 2026.(AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska)

In a three-minute, 33-second post match interview that she started as an emotional wreck, Alex Eala let the world know what the path that got her this far was all about.

And what making the round of 16 of a Grand Slam event after dethroning Wimbledon women’s singles champion Iga Swiatek means to the now 21-year-old from the Philippines who is taking the tennis world by the proverbial storm.

She first rattled off the names of the Williams sisters and also the gracious Swiatek, who all “have so many Slams,” saying that making the fourth round of Wimbledon “may seem small (to them).”

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