Father of Alex Eala denies receiving financial help from PSC

The father of Alex Eala refuted the claims of the Philippine Sports Commission that it had given Filipina rising tennis star financial support.

On its official Facebook page, the PSC said they had Alex Eala funding of P3 million for travel and training and  P1.5 million for the athlete’s six tournaments.

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Michael Francis Eala, the father of Alex, rejected PSC’s claim and said they had not received even a “single centavo” from the sports agency.

“In the wake of a great run of Alex at Roland Garros, the French Open, it is sad to see that agencies claim to support athletes with Millions of pesos inspite of not having given a single centavo yet. Raising our kids in highly competitive tennis, we always teach them that the spirit of each sport is fair play. I think it’s safe to say that it should apply to individuals as well as agencies. Just to clarify, PSC has mentioned that they will support Alex, but we haven’t received any amount yet,” Eala said in his Facebook post.

Meanwhile, the PSC issued an erratum to their statement and clarified that the financial support was still on process, pending the submission of requirements from Alex Eala.

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Father of Alex Eala denies receiving financial help from PSC

“PSC would like to correct previous posting made today of a 3 Million assistance for Alex Eala. It was an uninttended misinformation. While there was an approved board resolution to this effect, it was later clarified that this is still being processed, awaiting required documents,” it said in a Facebook post.

“We apologize to the public and the family of Ms. Eala for any misunderstanding this may have caused. The PSC stands by its commitment to support Ms. Eala on previously approved and future training activities and competition,” it added.

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Alex Eala climbed to the second sport in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) juniors’ world tennis rankings after her impressive run in the French Open.

“Happy with my performance, and thank you again for all your support! It has truly been an amazing week!” said Eala in a Facebook post.