00:00In tennis, Filipino tennis sensation Alex Ayala faces the toughest challenge of her career today.
00:06Take on world number two Iga Swantek in a highly anticipated quarterfinals match at the 2025
00:12Miami Open. This will be their first time competing against each other but it's not the first time
00:18the two tennis stars have met. The polished tennis athlete was a guest at Ayala's graduation
00:23from the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2023. Swantek also helped Ayala with her training in 2021
00:30in preparation for the Miami Open. Now four years later the Filipino rising star is set to go head
00:36to head with the five-time Grand Slam champion in the quarterfinals. To reach this stage Ayala
00:42had to defeat the 2017 French Open winner Jelena Ostopenko and reigning Australian Open champion
00:48Madison Keys. Meanwhile Ayala has already secured the 189,000 U.S. dollars or 10.8 million pesos
00:56in prize money for making it into the quarterfinals.
01:00The quarterfinals matchup is scheduled this March 27 1 a.m Philippine time.
