Filipina tennis ace Alex Eala makes her Wimbledon debut at the famed Centre Court on Tuesday, July 1. She is the first Filipino tennis player in the Open era, male or female, to play in the main draw of Grand Slam events.
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00:00Filipina tennis ace Alex Ayala makes her Wimbledon debut at the famed center court on Tuesday, July 1.
00:08Ayala squandered a first set win and dropped a painful three-setter to defending champion Barbara Kerechikova of the Czech Republic 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the opening round of the Wimbledon championships.
00:20Kerechikova was quick to credit the 20-year-old Ayala.
00:24I would like to start with giving the credit to Alex. I mean, what the hell she played in the first set.
00:32Yeah, I mean, she was smashing the ball and she was cleaning the lines and all that, so wow. Wow, she's gonna be really good in a couple of years.
00:41Still, it was a historic stint for Ayala, the first Filipino tennis player in the Open era, male or female, to play in the main draw of Grand Slam events.
00:49Ayala's campaign is not yet over, as she is set to see action in the doubles competition on Wednesday, July 2.
00:56Ayala was coming off seven matches the previous week, which ended with a finals heartbreaker just last Saturday, June 28, at the WTA 250 Eastburn Open.
