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<\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nEala isn\u2019t just winning matches on an island, she\u2019s winning them for an island, and in the process raising the hopes of a nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She reflected on her role as an ambassador after Saturday\u2019s stunning win on Centre Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be able to pave the way for young girls,\u201d she said after becoming the first player from the Philippines to reach second week of a major. \u201cIt would be the honor of my life to be able to inspire others. I think inspiration is such a beautiful thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen again, I want to remind anybody that you can take inspiration from anywhere you want. Anywhere, anyone, if you want to be inspired, and if you\u2019re inspired by it, it will just come to you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eala is aware of how her tennis-crazed nation looks up to her and she is proud to be a role model. She takes energy from their passion, and gives it back in the form of achievements.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI try to be as authentic as I can,\u201d she said. \u201cI believe in being genuine. I believe in my values. This exposure I guess or this platform that I have has really allowed me to self-reflect. It allows me to become the best version of myself, because I know that a lot of people look up to me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen again, I think the main message here is that I don\u2019t want them to look at me and say, \u2018I want to be the next Alex Eala.\u2019 I want them to look at me and say, \u2018Wow, I want to be the first me. I want to make my own path.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked to comment on the spirit of the Phillipines, and what it means to be a driving force for the nation\u2019s sporting hopes, the Manila native said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we\u2019re just very proud of where we come from. We have a really strong sense of community. You can see it when someone does well. We are a community that uplifts each other. We\u2019re quite positive people. When positive things happen to other Filipinos around the world, we kind of share the enjoyment and share in the happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n
That said, Eala says she is focusing on herself and her team more than anything else. She aims to keep free of distractions as she chases down her personal goals. That\u2019s how she stays grounded, in her bubble, focused on the tasks at hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I\u2019ve always thought about this as a personal journey for me,\u201d she said. \u201cBecause although I\u2019m very grateful and very welcoming of all the support that I get, I\u2019m the one and my team is the one and my family is the one who have been putting in the hours. We\u2019re the ones who are here at the courts 12 hours in a row. We\u2019re the ones who wake up early, who come back home late.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that day-to-day work and that work ethic is really what keeps me grounded and keeps me locked in. Then I guess the responsibility or the effects or the impact I have on other people and the inspiration that I can bring is a result of that work ethic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexandra Eala\u2019s emergence as a top-tier talent on the WTA Tour has created a wave of inspiration among…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-781878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}