World champion calls for Manny Pacquiao showdown after comeback draw - DAZN

"Once it grows, it cannot be stopped" - tennis superstar-in-the-making Alex Eala is quickly becoming the biggest thing to come out of the Philippines since legendary boxer Manny Pacquiao. The 21-year-old is carrying the hopes of a nation, the volume of support when she plays calling to mind the days when world boxing champion 'Pac Man' put the country on the map as a sporting force. Few young players on the WTA Tour have experienced the level of expectation and support Eala has received ‌since she earned a place on the circuit, and she showed what all the fuss is about ‌by winning the recent Washington Open.