MULTI-TITLED French netter Yasmine Mansouri will be the next opponent of Alexandra Eala when the Fiilipina tennis superstar returns to action in this week in the women’s singles action of the 2025 Sao Paolo Open Tennis Championships in Brazil.
The 20-year-old Eala, who is seeded third, is coming off a 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 edging of Hungary’s Panna Udvardy to claim her first ever women’s singles Women’s Tennis Association crown in the Guadalajara Open 125 early Sunday morning.
Eala’s historic first-ever pro title gave her the $15,500 top purse, which is roughly P878,803.44.
The 125 points Eala earned saw her live WTA rankings jumping to no. 61, overtaking Cristina Bucsa by a point.
The 24-year-old Mansouri, who has a career-high singles’ ranking by the WTA of 314, is currently ranked at no. 377.
Her recent stint at a WTT50 event in Leira, Portugal saw Mansouri lose in the Round of 16 to Linda Fruhvirtova, 3-6, 5-7.
Mansouri has the experience of having won five singles’ crowns and 14 doubles championships in the International Tennis Federation Circuit.
Sao Paolo last hosted a WTA event in 2000, when it was still a tier IV clay-court event called the Brasil Open.
Now called the SP Open, the tournament played on hard courts and is a WTA 250 event, will help Eala in shape as she seeks a crack at another finals’ appearance.
The last time the Sao Paolo Open was held 25 years ago, Hungarian Rita Kuti Kis defeated Argentinian Paola Suarez in the final.
As the tournament’s top seed, world’s no. 21 Beatriz Haddad Maia leads the 32-player singles’ field and will be joined by another top player, American Hailey Baptiste, the second seed, who is at no. 51.
Mexico’s Renata Zarazua and Argentina’s Solana Sierra are among the dangerous player in the mix.
