Filipina tennis star Alex Eala scores a shutout win to kick off the Asian Games, crushing Pakistan’s Sarah Ibrahim Khan, 6-0, 6-0, to advance to the third round of the women’s singles tennis tournament in Hangzhou, China.
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00:00 Filipina tennis star Alex Ayala scores a shutout win to kick off the Asian Games, crushing
00:05 Pakistan's Sara Ibrahim Khan 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the third round of the women's singles
00:10 tennis tournament in Hangzhou, China.
00:13 Hopes of the Philippines ending its nearly two-decade medal drought in the Asian Games
00:17 tennis lies in Alex, who recently notched a career-high WTA ranking of No. 191 in the
00:23 world.
00:24 The Philippines last won an Asian Games tennis medal in 2006 when Cecil Mamiit bagged bronze
00:29 in the men's singles.
00:31 Meantime, nine-year-old Filipina skateboarder Maisel Paredes-Alegado advances to the final
00:37 of the women's park event of the Asian Games.
00:39 The youngest member of Team Philippines, Maisel finishes seventh in the qualification with
00:44 a best score of 56.96 points to earn her place in the eight-woman finale.
00:48 She is part of the Philippines' five-skateboarder crew, including Marjolaine Didal, who will
00:52 try to defend her women's street crown on Tuesday, September 26.
00:56 (upbeat music)