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Colombian tennis player Camila Osorio and Filipina star Alex Eala at the Philippine Women's Open. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

Colombian tennis player Camila Osorio and Filipina star Alex Eala at the Philippine Women's Open.

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Camila Osorio tips hat to Alex Eala after PWO quarterfinals win: 'She's a great competitor'

John Franklin Kennedy Caacbay

ABS-CBN News

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1769754594288tennis.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960" alt="Colombian tennis player Camila Osorio and Filipina star Alex Eala at the Philippine Women&#x27;s Open. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News"/>Colombian tennis player Camila Osorio and Filipina star Alex Eala at the Philippine Women&#x27;s Open. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News </div>MANILA — Colombian tennis player Camila Osorio had nothing but kind words for hometown hero Alex Eala on Thursday night.Osorio, the World No. 84, tipped her hat to the 49th-ranked player, whom she ousted in the quarterfinals, 6-4, 6-4, in the inaugural WTA 125 Philippine Women&#x27;s Open at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.&quot;I don&#x27;t know if I&#x27;d call it satisfaction. I think it&#x27;s a great match and a good win for me, obviously. As I said, she&#x27;s a great competitor,&quot; said Osorio, referring to Eala.&quot;She&#x27;s an amazing player. She&#x27;s done unreal the past year and this year. She&#x27;s done great things in tennis so obviously it&#x27;s a big win for me,&quot; she added.&quot;I know her from the tour and she&#x27;s one of the most lovely girls. I know that for sure. I think most of her family is very nice and that&#x27;s why you can tell why she&#x27;s so nice. The way they raise her, you can tell she&#x27;s a very kind person and bubbly and she&#x27;s always smiling.&quot;Osorio found a similarity in playing in Colombia and in Manila — the ever-energetic crowd.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2026/1/29/salamat-sa-laban-alex-eala-bows-out-of-pwo-after-gritty-stand-vs-colombian-opponent-2207">READ: Alex Eala bows out of PWO after gritty stand vs Colombian opponent</a></div>&quot;I love to play back home. I love to play in Colombia because the energy is crazy. I just really enjoy it,&quot; said Osorio.&quot;That&#x27;s why I think it&#x27;s very similar to this. That&#x27;s why I feel it&#x27;s very nice to see you guys support Alex. I hope I can also go back to Colombia and play in front of my people because I enjoy it.&quot;She will be facing Argentina&#x27;s Solana Sierra in the semifinals for a chance to enter the grand final.

"[Alex Eala] is an amazing player. She's done unreal the past year and this year. She's done great things in tennis so obviously it's a big win for me." #PWO

"[Alex Eala] is an amazing player. She's done unreal the past year and this year. She's done great things in tennis so obviously it's a big win for me." #PWO