\n Published\u00a0Aug 17, 2026 03:41 pm\n <\/p>\n
World No. 10 Amanda Anisimova wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see a packed crowd rooting mostly for third-round opponent Alex Eala on her home turf when they clash in the Cincinnati Open on Tuesday, Aug. 18 (Philippine time).<\/p>\n
The ninth seeded American is aware of Eala\u2019s growing fan base wherever she plays and expects a lively atmosphere when she faces the Filipina rising star for the first time on the WTA Tour no earlier than 8:30 a.m. (PH time).<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t played her (Eala) before. She\u2019s been having such an incredible season, incredible year. Very great player with a lot of tennis fans,\u201d the 24-year-old Anisimova said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to that. I know that it\u2019s probably gonna be a very packed stadium. I\u2019m sure it will be really fun,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
As expected, Eala\u2019s second-round match against Elena-Gabriela Ruse drew a big crowd, with Filipino fans waving Philippine flags and posters. The match, however, ended prematurely after the Romanian retired due to a right foot injury while the Filipina was leading\u00a06-1, 3-0.<\/p>\n
But Anisimova is a veteran on the court, and is used to playing in big stages like the Grand Slams where she was a two-time finalist.<\/p>\n
The American is banking on a dominant 6-2, 6-3 win and is in search of a fifth career title.<\/p>\n
Eala, for her part, is riding the momentum of a breakthrough WTA title victory at the Mubadala DC Open two weeks ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published\u00a0Aug 17, 2026 03:41 pm World No. 10 Amanda Anisimova wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see a packed crowd…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[1696,7094,883,1047,19515,1035,1710,6134],"class_list":["post-52179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amanda-anisimova","tag-amanda-anisimova","tag-anisimova","tag-cincinnati","tag-eala","tag-fever","tag-for","tag-in","tag-ready"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}