00:00Filipino tennis star Alex Ayala boldly took on defending champion Barbara Krejcikova of Czech Republic
00:05in her highly anticipated debut at the women's singles main draw of Wimbledon in England.
00:12The veteran Czech player Barbara Krejcikova eventually overcame Alex Ayala after the Filipino won the first set 6-3,
00:19securing the second and third sets 6-2 and 6-1.
00:22Despite failing to advance to the next round, Ayala's performance remains a significant achievement for Philippine tennis.
00:28As she becomes the first Philippine to compete on the legendary Wimbledon center court.
00:34But Ayala's Wimbledon journey is far from over.
00:36She is now set to partner with German player Evelice, or Evelice, world number 61 in the women's doubles competition, which takes place today.
00:47How she played in the first set.
00:50Yeah, I mean, she was smashing the ball and she was cleaning the lines and all that.
00:54So, wow, wow, it's a next generation coming that she's going to come up and she's going to be, she's going to be really good in a couple of years.
01:03So, first of all, big credit, big credit to her.
