Alam n’yo ba na si Alex Eala ang kauna-unahang Pilipino na pumasok sa Top 100 ng World Tennis Rankings at isa siyang pambihirang… kaliwete!
Panoorin ang ‘Kaliwete,’ dokumentaryo ni Howie Severino sa #IWitness.
Panoorin ang ‘Kaliwete,’ dokumentaryo ni Howie Severino sa #IWitness.
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00:00In the world of sports,
00:07the name of a 11-year-old in the Philippines is Alex Ayala.
00:15He's a champion in Miami Open,
00:19one of the most famous tennis tournaments in America.
00:24He's won the three Grand Slam champions in tennis,
00:28kasama na ang number two player sa mundo.
00:32Dahil dito, siya ang kauna-unahang Pilipinong pumasok
00:35sa top 100 ng World Tennis Rankings.
00:39Si Alex ay isang pambihirang kaliwete sa tennis.
00:44Lahat ang tinalo niya sa Miami Open ay right-handed.
00:47Mahalagang katangian daw ang pagiging kaliwete sa tennis.
01:00Sinabihan mismo na mga nakalaban na ni Alex sa Pilipinas na kaliwete rin.
01:04Being a lefty, ang napapansin kong advantage is
01:10yung serve, more topspin siya.
01:14So mas nahihirapan na, like, paluin yung bola.
01:17And yung mga, usually kasi ang weakest link ng isang player is ang backhand.
01:22So ang mga right hand, nakakalaban ang right hand,
01:25backhand yung bigay nila.
01:26Pero kasi ang backhand ng right hand is forehand naman ng lefty.
01:30So I think that's a big advantage for left-handed players.
01:34Sa tennis court na ito sa Philippine-Colombian Association sa Maynila,
01:39nag-iinsayo noon si Alex.
01:41Ang mga atletang sina Patricia Lim at Justine Maneja
01:46ng University of Santo Tomas Varsity, nakalarunan niya noon.
01:50She's really, she's so strong that time.
01:55Being a left-handed sa serve and volley.
01:59Kasi sa serve pa lang, if want mo mag-serve sa backhand,
02:03kaya ng left-handed.
02:07One thing that you can definitely highlight is her aggressiveness
02:11in the baseline.
02:13Her playstyle is very on the rise.
02:18So parang sinasalubong niya yung mga bola.
02:20Kasi mostly mga players, they play it safe
02:24na maatras sila sa baseline para paluin yung bola.
02:28Pero Alex doesn't back down from the baseline.
02:31She usually takes it on the rise talaga.
02:34Sinasalubong niya.
02:35And I think that's one of her biggest advantages.
02:39Ayon sa sports analyst, strength and conditioning coach,
02:42at former NCAA basketball player na si Martin Antonio,
02:46hindi lang sa tennis, may bentahe ang mga kaliwete.
02:49I played against one of the best college players who was a lefty.
02:54Contra-tempo pagka binabandi ako.
02:56Kasi we would always have scouting reports.
02:58But even if we run the scouting packages in our practices,
03:02iba pa rin talaga pagka sila na yung gumagawa.
03:05Kasi mas natural yung movement.
03:07So if they're more natural,
03:09it's a little bit harder for me
03:10since I got used to playing against right-handed guys.
03:13So the tendencies I would be playing off
03:15would be the right-handed guys.
03:17Where is Alan Kaidik?
03:20Isa sa pinaka-sharpshooter sa PBA.
03:23Isa rin kaliwete.
03:25Ang trigger man na si Alan Kaidik.
03:27Siguro, culture, culture yung mga ganun na sinasabi,
03:31you're different.
03:32But in sports kasi, when you're different,
03:34especially in sports,
03:35when you're different, it's a power.
03:38Yun yung nagiging advantage niya.
03:41Pagka hindi mo sila katulad,
03:43iba ka,
03:44meron kang nadadalang iba sa team,
03:47sa team sports.
03:48For Alex Ayala, who's a lefty,
03:50her spin is different.
03:51Let's say for a boxer who is southpaw,
03:53your jobs is right inside an orthodox fighter.
03:59Pag iba ka,
04:00ang hirap mong scoutin.
04:02Ang hirap mong paghandaan kasi iba ka eh.
04:04Maraming salamat sa pagtutok sa eyewitness, mga kapuso.
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