Manila, Oct. 7 -- Alex Eala is looking forward to leading the Philippine campaign at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in December.

She is currently No. 54 on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, a career-best after playing in 30 tournaments.

Eala is also the third-highest-ranked Asian in the world after China's Qinweng Zheng (No. 10) and Xinyu Wang (No. 37).

"This will be my second SEA Games and I look forward to joining the rest of the Philippine team in competing at the highest level," the 20-year-old told the Philippine News Agency Tuesday.

Eala debuted at the 2021 Vietnam SEA Games, bagging three bronze medals from the singles, mixed doubles (with Fil-Am Treat Huey), and team (with Marian Capadocia, Shaira Hope Rivera, an...