MANILA, Philippines – The spotlight on Alex Eala should be bright enough to pierce through the thick layer obscuring the title chase in women’s tennis in the Southeast Asian Games reeling off in a week’s time in Hanoi. Win the gold and she snaps a more than two-decade long spell in the sport that nearly stymied the Philippines’ participation following the Philippine Olympic Committee’s suspension of the local tennis body for its failure to comply with an order from the ITF (International Tennis Federation) to amend its charter and hold elections for a new set of board members. The ITF and the …

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