MANILA, Philippines — The Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Malate, Manila is being eyed as the Center Court for the country's first WTA 250 Philippine Women's Open in November next year. Built in 1934, the Rizal Memorial Coliseum is adjacent to the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center which hosted the WTA 125 Philippine Women's Open last January. Philippine Tennis Association (PHILTA) Executive Director Tonette Mendoza said a meeting was already held to discuss this move. "We just had our first meeting on scheduling for the things that we have to do for the WTA 125 and the WTA 250," said Mendoza in a video posted by PHILTA Sunday. "We're hoping to make our Center Court the Rizal Coliseum." According to PHILTA's post which included the video interview of Mendoza, "the Rizal Memorial Coliseum was originally an open-air tennis venue known as the Rizal Memorial Tennis Stadium." Mendoza said the stadium, which was converted to an indoor venue after it was destroyed during the World War II, may serve its original tennis purpose again. "The WTA 250 is an outdoor event. So if it pushes through, we're hoping that the center court will be Rizal Coliseum as it was when it was originally built about 90 years ago," said Mendoza. She added: “Actually, the capacity of the Tennis Center’s center court is sufficient, since they require only around 3,000 seats for a WTA 250 event. But Filipinos are very enthusiastic, so of course, we want a bigger venue." Filipino tennis ace Alex Eala is expected to join the PWO 250 which will run from November 1 to 7 next year.