4 Top 10 Stars WITHDRAW! Alex Eala SEEDED In Tokyo, But There’s A CATCH!

4 Top 10 Stars WITHDRAW! Alex Eala SEEDED In Tokyo, But There’s A CATCH! Four top 10 players pulled out of Tokyo, and Alex Eala walked into the draw as the No. 8 seed. This Alex Eala Tokyo breakdown explains why the Pan Pacific Open 2026 draw is not as simple as it looks. With Pegula, Svitolina, Swiatek and Kostyuk gone, Rybakina is the only top 10 player left in the field. Eala opens against 17-year-old wildcard Mika Stojsavljevic, the 2024 US Open girls’ champion, two years after Eala won that same title. Then the bracket turns. If the seeds hold, Diana Shnaider is waiting in the quarterfinals, two days after beating Eala 7-5, 6-4 in Ningbo. We look at Eala’s record against top 100 left-handers, the rally-length numbers behind it, and why this might be exactly the draw she needed before 2027. This video is commentary based on publicly available information. If Eala and Shnaider meet again in the quarterfinals, does Alex get her revenge this time? 0:00 Alex Eala is seeded in Tokyo 2:16 Who pulled out and why 3:15 How Eala became the No. 8 seed 5:29 Round 1: Mika Stojsavljevic 7:05 Round 2 and the qualifying field 8:48 The catch: a left-handed path 10:08 The rally-length numbers 12:34 Why Ningbo was closer than the score 13:30 7 top 10 wins: the season proof 14:34 Off-court pressure and who defended her 15:48 Prediction for Tokyo 16:12 The answer, Hong Kong and the homecoming 17:30 Your predictions #AlexEala #WTA #Tennis #PanPacificOpen #Tokyo #ProdigyPointTennis