{"id":5624,"date":"2026-07-23T06:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=5624"},"modified":"2026-07-23T06:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:56:16","slug":"how-eala-tjen-and-other-seablings-are-preparing-for-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/how-eala-tjen-and-other-seablings-are-preparing-for-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"How Eala, Tjen and other SEAblings are preparing for US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandra Eala, Janice Tjen and Southeast Asia&#8217;s leading women&#8217;s singles players are taking different routes through the hard-court season as they build towards the 2026 US Open, participating in tournaments across Europe and North America.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the latest schedule, Eala begins her hard-court campaign at the Washington Open, where she will compete in singles and reunite with Venus Williams in doubles, having previously paired up at the Bad Homburg Open.<\/p>\n<p>The Filipino is then entered directly into the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open, the two WTA 1000 events that serve as the final major stops before New York.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da5aWtTutBy\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Mubadala DC Open (@mubadaladcopen)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Indonesia&#8217;s Janice Tjen follows a similar schedule, playing singles in Washington while partnering China&#8217;s Zhang Shuai in doubles before heading to the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open main draws.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia&#8217;s top doubles player, Aldila Sutjiadi, will also feature in Washington alongside New Zealand&#8217;s Erin Routliffe.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand&#8217;s Lanlana Tararudee, meanwhile, is on top form after capturing the Istanbul Open title last week.<\/p>\n<p>She continues her preparations at this week&#8217;s Prague Open before competing at the Vancouver Open, with qualifying campaigns awaiting her at both the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbBCtHYCKme\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Lanlana Tararudee (@l.tararudee)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thai compatriot Mananchaya Sawangkaew, fresh from her breakthrough run to the third round at Wimbledon, will also be in Vancouver as well as attempt to earn places in the main draws through qualifying at both WTA 1000 events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/4-southeast-asian-women-earn-us-open-main-draw-spots\/\">All four Southeast Asian singles players are on the US Open entry list<\/a>, with the region set to field its largest-ever women&#8217;s contingent at the final Grand Slam of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The US Open main draw begins on August 30, with live and comprehensive coverage on SPOTV NOW.<\/p>\n<h2>Southeast Asian women&#8217;s players on the US Open hard-court swing<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; width: 25%; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Hard-Court Tournament<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; width: 20%; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">Dates<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; width: 55%; text-align: left; padding: 8px;\">SEA Players<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Istanbul Open<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">July 13-19<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Tararudee (champion), Nugroho, Falkowska\/Tkacheva (D)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Prague Open<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">July 20-26<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Tararudee, Plipuech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Vancouver Open<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">July 26-August 1<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Sawangkaew, Tararudee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Washington Open<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">July 27-August 2<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Eala (S + D w\/ Venus Williams), Tjen (S + D w\/ Zhang Shuai), Sutjiadi (D)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Memphis Classic<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">July 27-August 2<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Polish Open<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">August 3-8<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Canadian Open<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">August 2-13<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Eala, Tjen, Sawangkaew (Q), Tararudee (Q)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; 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Based on the latest schedule, Eala begins her hard-court campaign at the Washington Open, where she will compete in singles &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/how-eala-tjen-and-other-seablings-are-preparing-for-us-open\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How Eala, Tjen and other SEAblings are preparing for US Open<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[264,364],"class_list":["post-5624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-tennis-en","tag-us-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5624"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5628,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624\/revisions\/5628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}