00:00Filipina tennis star Alex Ayala earns her spot in the quarterfinals of the Washington
00:05Open after her win over defending champion Leila Fernandez of Canada on Thursday, July
00:0930, Manila time. Ayala shows her grit in the second set, rallying from a 1-5 deficit and
00:16capitalizing on Fernandez's errors to close out the match in straight sets. She grabs a
00:215-1 lead in the tiebreak on Fernandez's errors before she fires back-to-back forehand winners
00:26to finish the game in 1 hour and 53 minutes. Ayala will face the winner in the match between
00:31Ukraine's Elina Svitolina and Uzbekistan's Polina Kudermetova.
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