Alex Eala is bringing the PH to Wimbledon with the 'sampaguita'
On Instagram, the 19-year-old Tennis darling shared snaps of a white hair tie adorned with a single sampaguita flower and in the caption zeroed in on the National Flower, saying it is "a reminder of where I come from – and everything that brought me here."
"Ang sampaguita ay paalala ng aking pinanggalingan at ng kulturang lagi kong dala-dala," she also wrote in Filipino.
Thanking the sports brand, Eala said "I get to bring all of that with me onto Wimbledon Centre Court — bitbit ko sa bawat galaw."
Alex made the whole country proud after she reached the finals of the Eastbourne Open. She may have suffered a heartbreaking lost to Maya Joint in a gruelling 4-6, 6-1, 6(10)-7(12) showdown on Saturday — one she called "one of the toughest losses" of her career — but the Filiipino tennis star reached a new career high, jumping to the no. 56 in the Women's Tennis Association rankings.
She is set to face Wimbledon defending champion Barbora Krejcikova in the first round of the said Grand Slam tournament on Tuesday at the famed Centre Court, and one she's called her "dream match."
We're rooting for you Alex! Laban!
— LA, GMA Integrated News
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