00:00Filipino tennis star Alex Ayala starts her 2026 strongly as she advances to the ASB Classic
00:06quarterfinals in Auckland, New Zealand with a dominant 6-0-6-2 win over Petra Marchinko on
00:12Thursday, January 8. This marks the first time the Filipina reached the last eight of a WTA tour
00:17event after early exits in her previous four tournaments last year. Ayala needed two hours
00:23and 40 minutes to defeat Vekic but took just over an hour to beat world number 82 Petra Marchinko.
00:29Ayala will face Poland's Magdalenet next.
