But nobody out there is doing it quite like the Filipinos and Alex Eala. That philosophy of pressure via court positioning applies just as well to her return game. Eala often sets herself up to return serve well inside the baseline, and often takes huge cuts that can perturb the server from the very first ball. Among top-50 players, she drags out return games the longest, averaging 7.0 points per return game, per Tennis Abstract. 13), and Pegula (world No.