00:01Filipina tennis star Alex Ayala outlasts Olympic champion Zhang Chinwen in the Washington Open
00:06in the United States on Wednesday, July 29, Manila time. Ayala rallied from a setdown to
00:11defeat the former World No. 4 with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory in her debut. The victory
00:16allows
00:17Ayala to avenge her loss to Zhang in the 2023 Asian Games. Ayala earns her spot in the round
00:22of 16 and she is supposed to face a similar foe, defending champion Leila Fernandez of Canada.
00:27This will be Ayala's second time to face Fernandez this year. The 23-year-old Southpaw has Filipino
00:33roots courtesy of her Philcanadian mother.
