Published June 3, 2021, 12:57 PM
Alex Eala
Teen sensation Alex Eala guns for her first Grand Slam singles title when she competes in the French Open Juniors Championships starting on June 6.
Currently at No. 3 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior rankings, Eala is expected to take the second seeding based on the current acceptance list.
Andorra’s Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva is currently the top junior player in the list with her ITF junior ranking of No. 2.
Other players in the list are Russia’s Polina Kudermetova and Diana Shnaider, United States’ Robin Montgomery, France’s Oceane Babel, Belarus’ Kristina Dmitruk and Oksana Selekhmeteva of Russia.
H.E.R.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 25: H.E.R., winner of Best Original Song for Fight For You from Judas and the Black Messiah, poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images)
She was born Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, to a Filipina mother, Agnes, from Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija and her African American father, Kenny. This 23-year-old music sensation won Song of the Year in the recent 63rd Grammy awards for I Can’t Breathe . The song was written in honour of George Floyd and has become one of the anthems in the Black Lives Matter movement. In her acceptance speech Wilson said, “I wrote this song over FaceTime. I can’t imagine that my fear and my pain would turn into impact, and possibly turn into change. I think that’s what this is about. And why I write music, why I do this. So I’m so, so, so grateful. I want to thank God for giving me the gift of a voice and a pen, and usin