00:00Higit pa sa panalo ang pinahahalagahan ni Filipina tennis sensation Alex Ayala
00:07sa kanyang paglahok sa makasaysayang Philippine Women's Open.
00:11Ang kabuuan ng detali niyan sa report ni Paolo Salamatit.
00:16Isang makabuluhang yugto para kay 20-year-old Filipina tennis sensation Alex Ayala
00:21ang kanyang paglahok sa WTA 125 tournament na Philippine Women's Open
00:26na nakanakdang simulan ngayong araw hanggang January 31 sa Rizal Memorial Tennis Center sa Maynila.
00:31Makalipas ang mahigit sampung taon, muling babalik sa Rizal Memorial Tennis Court sa Ayala
00:36upang salihan ang makasaysayan at kauna-unahang WTA tournament sa bansa
00:40sa harap ng libo-libong Filipino fans.
00:43Anya, ang pinakahighlight ng torneyong ito para sa kanya ay ang makapaglaro sa harap ng home crowd.
00:49I think the fact that this is happening and the fact that I'm able to have a match at home
00:55is really the focus of this tournament and the fact that there are so many Filipinos in the draw.
01:01That's the focus and the highlight of this week for me more than winning the whole thing.
01:07I never, going into any tournament whatsoever, I never go in expecting to win the whole thing.
01:12So although this is at home, my mindset in that sense is no different.
01:17So I take it match by match.
01:19I'll do everything I can to win my first one.
01:21But if not, you know, it is what it is.
01:24Yan talaga yung tennis. I mean, you can't win all the time.
01:27Dagdag pa ni Ayala na walang magbabago sa kanyang mentalidad pagdating sa pressure,
01:32lalot dito sa Pilipinas Gagarapin, ang nasabing torneyo na may libo-libong Filipino fans.
01:38I'm slowly becoming more aware of the gravity that people say I have here.
01:48You know, I, this is my home.
01:50So in the end, it's hard to feel like, like I'm all this and all that.
01:56Sometimes people will tell me that.
01:57But, you know, every time I come home, I feel, I feel warm.
02:03I feel like it's a familiar atmosphere.
02:06So although all of this attention is quite here,
02:09especially with my success that came last year,
02:14I think I just, I'm still so excited every time I come back.
02:18It's a learning term for me to figure out how to maneuver.
02:22It's a really good problem to have if you ask me.
02:25That means, you know, that I'm doing well
02:26and that I'm making people happy
02:30and I'm touching people's lives in a certain way.
02:34Sinabi rin ni Ayala na mahalagang plataforma ang torneyong ito
02:37upang mas makilala ng mga Pilipino ang nasabing sport
02:41at isa itong simula ng mas malawak na kinabukasan para sa tennis sa Pilipinas.
02:45Paulo Salamatin, para sa atletang Pilipino, para sa bagong Pilipinas.
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