00:00Your 2026 Mugatala DC Open Champion, Alexander Ayala!
00:06Filipina tennis star Alex Ayala captures her first-ever WTA Tour crown after her win against world number three Jessica
00:13Pigula in the Washington Open.
00:15Ayala and Pigula's game started on Monday, 12 midnight Manila time, but was stopped and postponed to Tuesday, August 4
00:22due to heavy rain.
00:23Ayala dominated the resumption as she cemented her place among the sport's rising stars by becoming the first Filipina to
00:29win a Tour crown.
00:44But the path to the crown was far from easy as she had to get past high-ranked players and
00:49the defending champion.
00:51Ayala eliminated reigning Olympic and Asian Games champion Zhang Chinwen in the round of 32.
00:56She dethroned the defending champion Leila Fernandez in the round of 16.
01:00Ayala then stunned world number 10 Elinas Vitolina of Ukraine in the quarterfinals and dominated former world number one Naomi
01:06Osaka in the semifinals.
01:08The WTA Tour crown has propelled Ayala to the world top 20 for the first time in her career.
01:14She climbed to number 20 in the updated WTA rankings released on Tuesday, August 4.
01:20Christchurch.
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