Alex Eala to play in Hangzhou Asian Games
FILE – Alexandra Eala of the Philippines. Sarah Stier/Getty Photos/AFP
Filipino tennis prodigy Alex Eala has been inserted into the lengthy listing of athletes that the Philippine Olympic Committee initially drafted for the nineteenth Asian Video games.
“I’ve already put the title of Alex. She is going to play for the person (gold),’’ stated POC president Abraham “Bambol’’ Tolentino on Tuesday on the PSA discussion board held on the Philippine Sports activities Fee constructing contained in the Rizal Memorial Sports activities Advanced in Manila.
The teenager ace who celebrated her 18th birthday on Tuesday has been competing within the worldwide tennis circuit principally in Europe.
Ranked No. 262 on the earth, Eala is priming up for an Worldwide Tennis Federation match in Monastir, Tunisia after reserving a spot in the principle draw.
She is going to be part of Southeast Asian Video games gold medalists Francis Casey Alcantara and Ruben Gonzales within the Asian Video games set on Sept. 23-Oct. 8 in Hangzhou, China.
“They (Alcantara and Gonzales) delivered the gold in males’s doubles (throughout the SEA Video games), so positively they’ll signify us within the particular person (occasion) in addition to Alex,’’ stated Tolentino.
The POC has set a standards for the Asian Video games the place the gold and silver medalists within the latest thirty second SEA Video games have been assured of slots.
In line with Tolentino, the preliminary lineup for the Asian Video games has 408 athletes from 40 sports activities, the majority of that are made up of group sports activities.
“Alex can select who between them may be her associate within the doubles,’’ added Tolentino.
Crew Philippines fifth total within the SEA Video games staged by Cambodia with 58 gold, 85 silver and 117 bronze medals.
RELATED STORIES
Your subscription couldn’t be saved. Please strive once more.
Your subscription has been profitable.
Your subscription couldn’t be saved. Please strive once more.
Your subscription has been profitable.
Learn Subsequent
Subscribe to INQUIRER PLUS to get entry to The Philippine Day by day Inquirer & different 70+ titles, share as much as 5 devices, take heed to the information, obtain as early as 4am & share articles on social media. Name 896 6000.
For suggestions, complaints, or inquiries, contact us.
