00:00Simula na ang makasaysayang hosting ng Pilipinas ng WTA 125
00:05at ayon sa ating pambato na si Filipina tennis sensation Alex Ayala,
00:11higit pa sa panalo ang halaga sa kanya ng paglahok sa Philippine Women's Open.
00:16Si Paulo Salamatin sa Sentro ng Balita.
00:21Isang makabuluhang yugto para kay 20-year-old Filipina tennis sensation Alex Ayala
00:25ang kanyang paglahok sa WTA 125 tournament na Philippine Women's Open
00:30na nakatakdang simulan ngayong araw hanggang January 31 sa Rizal Memorial Tennis Center sa Maynila.
00:36Makalipas ang mahigit sampung taon, muling babalik sa Rizal Memorial Tennis Court sa Ayala
00:40upang salihan ng makasaysayan at kauna-unahang WTA tournament sa bansa
00:45sa harap ng libo-libong Filipino fans.
00:47Anya, ang pinakahighlight ng torneyong ito para sa kanya ay ang makapaglaro sa harap ng home crowd.
00:53I think the fact that this is happening and the fact that I'm able to have a match at home
00:58is really the focus of this tournament and the fact that there are so many Filipinos in the draw.
01:04That's the focus and the highlight of this week for me more than winning the whole thing.
01:10I never, going into any tournament whatsoever, I never go in expecting to win the whole thing.
01:16So although this is at home, my mindset in that sense is no different.
01:20So I take it match by match, I'll do everything I can to win my first one.
01:25But if not, you know, it is what it is.
01:27Yan talaga yung tennis, I mean you can't win all the time.
01:30Dagdag pa ni Ayala na walang magbabago sa kanyang mentalidad pagdating sa pressure,
01:35lalot dito sa Pilipinas gaganapin ang nasabing torneyo na may libo-libong Filipino fans.
01:41I'm slowly becoming more aware of the gravity that people say I have here.
01:50You know, this is my home.
01:52So in the end, it's hard to feel like I'm all this and all that.
01:57Sometimes people will tell me that.
01:59But, you know, every time I come home, I feel warm.
02:04I feel like it's a familiar atmosphere.
02:07So although all of this attention is quite new, especially with my success that came last year,
02:15I think I just, I'm still so excited that I've come back.
02:19It's a learning term for me to figure out how to maneuver.
02:23It's a really good problem to have if you ask me.
02:26That means, you know, that I'm doing well and that I'm making people happy
02:31and I'm touching people's lives in a certain way.
02:34I'm happy about that.
02:35Sinabi rin ni Ayala na mahalagang plataporma ang torneyong ito
02:38upang mas makilala ng mga Pilipino ang nasabing sport
02:41at isa itong simula ng mas malawak na kinabukasan para sa tennis sa Pilipinas.
02:46Paulo Salamatin, para sa atletang Pilipino, para sa bagong Pilipinas.
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