00:05It's not a journey of soft tennis women's team for the most famous podium finish at the end of the
00:1520th Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan.
00:19After three decades, they have got their medal collection in their medal collection.
00:27Mas kilalanin pa natin sila. Kasama si Martin Javier na palaging in the game.
00:38They manifested.
00:39Hopefully, this coming Asian Games makuha namin kasi in soft tennis or Philippine Soft Tennis Association, yun na lang ang
00:47medal na wala pa kami.
00:49And after 32 years, napasakamay na ng soft tennis Pilipinas women's team ang pinaka-aasang na podium finish sa 20th
00:58Asian Games sa Nagoya, Japan.
01:00Ever since nun, lagi quarterfinals ang Pilipinas sa soft tennis.
01:08And then this time nakatawid na kami sa ano, from quarterfinals to podium.
01:13The long wait is finally over. Nang matalo ng ating mga pambato ang Japan sa kanilang home court to finally
01:20clinch the bronze medal.
01:22Doon sa laban namin sa Japan, very ano siya, medyo nakakakaba.
01:27Kasi nga, first time namin na makatungtong sa center court as top four or Asia's top four.
01:36Ang ginawa na lang namin talaga, focus lang one point at a time kasi alam namin na para sa amin
01:44to.
01:44Para sa amin to kasi inilalaban namin bawat punto. So, na yun nga, binigay nga ni Art.
01:49Ang pagkapanalo ng soft tennis Pilipinas women's team din, ang kauna-unahang medalyang nasungkit ng bansa sa Asian Games this
01:57year.
01:58All eyes are on us kasi nga, isa kami sa mga sports na lalaban sa first badge.
02:03Bonus na kasi naasam lang namin siya na magka-medalya. So, not only historic win for Philippine soft tennis, but
02:11also first medal pa pala siya ng team Philippines.
02:15September last year, historic ang golden finish ng women's team sa 9th Asian Soft Tennis Championships sa Mungin, South Korea.
02:24This marked the country's first ever gold medal at the Asian Soft Tennis Championships level.
02:30Sa Asian level kasi, hirap na hirap talaga kami makatawid ng semifinals. Lagi lang kaming quarterfinals.
02:38So, yung unexpected, lalo na yung gold medal ng Asian Championship last year.
02:44Kasi nga, ano yun eh, Asia's best.
02:47Nung nag-gold kami sa Asian Championship last year, dun kami talaga nag-gain ng confidence na kaya namin ang
02:53Asian Games.
02:54Na pwede namin maitawid na this time ang quarterfinals to semifinals or a podium finish.
03:0112 years in the making naman ang pagsungkit sa gold medal sa 2023 Southeast Asian Games ng ating mga pambato.
03:09I-manifest natin para sa atin to, para sa atin to. And ngayon nga, lumabas siya.
03:15Sa ngayon ay puspusan ang paghanda nila para sa kanilang pagkubalik sa Soft Tennis World Championships next year.
03:22Redemption year for World Championships ng Philippine Women's Team.
03:26Kasi natalo kami ng China nung World Champs 2-1.
03:31So, sayang yun.
03:32We are hoping na at least two bronze medals or more than bronze medals next year for the World Champs.
03:41A historic podium finish para sa women's team natin ng Soft Tennis, a bronze medal in the Asian Games.
03:50So, this has been Martin Avere.
03:52Soft Tennis, Filipinas!
03:55Keeping you in the game!
04:02Soft Tennis
