00:00Mismong si Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. at si First Lady Lisa Araneta Marcos
00:06ang sumalubong sa Malacanang kay Filipina Tennis icon Alex Ayala.
00:10Ito ay para kilalani na ang kanyang hindi matatawarang ambag sa larangan ng tennis,
00:15si Carlo Candelaria sa detalye.
00:21I really, really am so happy to have you here. You cannot imagine.
00:29This is one of those occasions where I say to myself, it's good to be president. I'm meeting our champion.
00:38Hindi na itago ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ang kanyang tuwa at excitement
00:43nang i-welcome niya sa Malacanang si Pinay Tennis star Alex Ayala.
00:48Mainit na sinalubong ng Pangulo at ni First Lady Lisa Marcos si Ayala at ang kanyang mga magulang sa Malacanang.
00:53Sabi ng Pangulo, lubos siyang humahanga at proud na proud siya dahil hindi nakakalimutan ni Ayala
00:59ang kanyang pagiging Pilipino at patuloy siyang nagdadala ng karangalan sa bansa.
01:04When we're proud of you, when we see one of ours doing so well, we're proud of ourselves.
01:09And pagka may mga kilalak na makilalak kami, mga foreigner na kaibigan namin,
01:15oh meron kaming champion ganito, meron kaming champion ganyan.
01:18Oh bakit? May Alex Ayala naman kami.
01:20Diba? Can you imagine? That's what you brought to us.
01:24That's what you brought to the Philippines.
01:26We have found in you a champion, a champion who has made the Philippines proud,
01:36who has reminded Filipinos what a great race Filipinos are,
01:41because we produce someone like you.
01:43And that the qualities that you show the world are the best qualities of Filipinos.
01:50And for that, as president, I guess that's what really strikes me.
01:55Ikinilala rin ng Pangulo ang sakripisyon ng mga magulang ni Alex at pinasalamatan din niya ang mga ito.
02:01Fan na fan daw ni Ayala si Pangulong Marcos at ikinuwento pa ng Pangulo na napuyat siya sa panunood ng
02:06laban ni Alex sa Wimbledon.
02:08Pag-amin pa ng Pangulo,
02:09We don't really have a protocol for this.
02:13In-invento lang namin dito para magka-excuse kami magpa-picture sa iyo.
02:17Ginawara ni Pangulong Marcos Jr. ng presidential citation si Ayala bilang pagkilala sa kanyang mga naging tagumpay sa larangan ng
02:24international tennis at pagdadala ng karangalan sa sambayan ng Pilipino.
02:28Binigyan naman ni Alex ng souvenir na tennis ball at sumbrero si Pangulong Marcos at ang first lady na agad
02:34naman nilang isinuot.
02:35Nagpasalamat si Alex sa mainit na pagtanggap sa kanya sa palasyo at sinabing lubos niyang pinagmamalaki ang pagiging Pilipino.
02:42Patuloy niya rin anyang iwawagayway ang bandila ng Pilipinas sa abot ng kanyang makakaya.
02:47I feel like all the hard work that I've done is seen.
02:53All the hours that aren't on TV are seen.
02:58And validated and appreciated. So thank you so, so much.
03:03And I am a firm believer that where you come from is a big part of who you are.
03:11So like you said, Mr. President, I do my best to represent the best of our country on and off
03:19the court.
03:20Nangako naman ang Pangulo na patuloy na nakasuporta sa kanya ang pamahalaan at ang buong sambayan ng Pilipino.
03:25We are all, 110 million of us, we are all here behind you, wheeling you on to greater success.
03:32If there's anything that we can do to help you even further, just say so, you have it.
03:37Carlo Luis Candelaria para sa bayan.
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