Midlife Halftime

Breaking News: The Alas Girls’ rally fell short as they dropped a 5-setter to Venezuela in the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐁 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐔𝟏𝟕 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩.

Down 2 sets and trailing in the third set, the Alas Girls displayed big hearts to level the match at 2 sets apiece. They found themselves down anew at 6-10 in the 5th set, but fought back to take the lead at 11-10. That, however, would be their last chance to score.

Ending the preliminary round with a 2-3 record, they will still advance to the Round of 16 after finishing 4th in Group B.

The Alas Girls lost a huge lead in the third set and eventually fell in four sets to Peru in the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐁 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐔𝟏𝟕 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 held in Chine

The Philippines drops to a record of 2-2 to tie for third with Venezuela in the standings in Group B .

The two teams will face off tomorrow at 2am, Philippine time, to determine who finishes third in Group B. The top 4 teams from each group will advance to the knockout Round of 16.

The Alas Girls are up in the third set against 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐁 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐔𝟏𝟕 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩.

The Philippines and Peru are tied for second in the standings in Group B behind defending champion China.

Livestream of the match is in the comments section.

Here is my latest report for the Tiebreaker Times.

Breaking News: Alex Eala could not get going as she fell in straight sets to Swiss no. 1 and former world no. 4 Belinda Bencic in the fourth round of the WTA 1000 Canadian Open.

Eala will have a few days to rest and recover before she plunges back into action in the WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open from August 13-23.

Alex Eala drops the opening set after getting broken three times by Belinda Bencic.

Sharing my latest article for the Tiebreaker Times. I wrote a preview of tomorrow’s 4th round clash between Alex Eala and Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and former world no. 4 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland.

For the fourth straight day, Alex will be playing the last match (8:10am, Philippine time) at the 12,500-capacity Stadium Court of the Sobeys Stadium.

Link to my preview piece is in the comments section.

Breaking News: Alas Pilipinas make history with its best ever finish in the SEA V Cup, beating Indonesia in four thrilling sets to cop second place in the competition.