Like Sampaguita, Alexandra “Alex” Eala will be fulfilled soon.
This is the promise that the ruling Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova, after a 20-year-old sensation in the Philippines, gave the assurance the other day after a tough first duel in London.
“Wow, this is the next generation. She’s going to come up and she’ll be very good for a few years,” said Ms. Kregikova, who broke into the courage to beat Ms. Dicci, who 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, and was frustrated in the next round.
Ms. Eala is a Wimbledon unseeded first contest, against the champion at Centercourt, in which he wore Sampaguita’s hair in honor of the country’s national flowers.
She was close to winning the tribute of age after snatching the first game of No. 16 World and six-time Grand Slam champion Ms. Creggie Kova.
“I think it’s the first to Alex. What she played in the first set. She was smashing the ball, she was cleaning the lines and so on. The 29-year-old added Czech.
WTA No. 56 Ms. Eala looked more deeply into the history of the first Philippine who had played historically in the Wimbledon main draw in the WTA post-match interview. She also made a feat at the French Open.
“It’s so special to me. First, just to remind me of where I came from, my country and my culture in court. That’s what makes me special. It’s obviously everything about my game and my fight.
“The flowers on the hair are Nike’s idea, and the whole idea behind it is that you harvest the things you sow – what will be harvested. The whole message is that there is a piece of home in such an iconic court.”
Nike gave Ms. Eala her hair tie to Ms. Eala before taking office at the Lexus Eastbourne Open last week.
“Sampaguita: exquisite, radiant, resilient, more important than the national flowers of the Philippines. It’s a belief. It’s a belief. It’s home. Today, you carry it with you. Every dream starts with seeds. (And your planting, one day you will harvest).” said the famous sneaker brand.
“In the last decade you’ve planted all – hours, grated, quiet determination. Now, here, you’re Filipino on the historical grass. Not only is it a frolick for yourself, but a nation in bloom.
Ms. EALA will have the opportunity to work with Germany’s No. 61 WTA Eva Lys in today’s Wimbledon doubles against Serbia’s Olga Danilovic duo (WTA No. 37) and Russia’s Anastasia Potapova (WTA No. 44). – John Bryan Ulanday
