Tennis princess Alex Eala bags second bronze medal in Asian Games;
Top medal prospect Nesthy Petecio ousted in preliminary bout;
Gilas Women beat Hong Kong to stay unbeaten
Top medal prospect Nesthy Petecio ousted in preliminary bout;
Gilas Women beat Hong Kong to stay unbeaten
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00:00 a star Alex Ayala has won another bronze in the ongoing Asian Games after another
00:05 bronze this time in the mixed doubles event with her partner Francis Casey
00:10 this and other stories in tonight's Asian wrap-up by Dennis Principe.
00:17 Tennis princess Alex Ayala is now the most be meddled Filipino athlete in the ongoing
00:22 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou China. Ayala bagged her second bronze medal
00:27 after she and Francis Casey Alcantara ended their campaign today in the mixed
00:33 doubles event. The Pinoy duo lost to the pair of Chung Hao Huang and Enshuo Liang
00:38 of Chinese Taipei 7-5-6-3 in the semifinals to settle for the bronze.
00:44 Early this week Ayala also bagged a bronze after reaching the semifinals of
00:50 the women's singles event. Meanwhile the campaign of Team Philippines took a hit
00:56 after gold medal prospect Neste Petetio lost in their preliminary bout.
01:00 The Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Petetio was ousted by Yutin Ling of Chinese Taipei
01:06 in their women's 57 kilogram bout. The final score was 4-1 in favor of the
01:11 boxer from Chinese Taipei. In basketball the Gilas women's team remains
01:17 undefeated as they scored another one-sided victory this time against
01:22 Hong Kong. The Pinoy dribblers relied on the huge plays of Janine Pontejos who
01:26 scored 22 points to lead Gilas to a 99-63 victory over Hong Kong. Last Wednesday
01:33 the Gilas women won their Asia debut with an 83-59 win over Kazakhstan. They
01:39 will wrap up their group B campaign against Japan this Sunday at the Hangzhou
01:44 Olympic Sports Center Gymnasion. Dennis Principe for the nation.