Carlos Alcaraz ya fashe a fagen wasan tennis na duniya shekara guda da ta wuce a kan wannan mataki, a kan Arthur Ashe, babbar kotun US Open. Ya fadi a wasan da ba a manta da shi da Stefanos Tsitsipas, na uku da aka fi so a gasar, kuma an sanya shi a bakin kowa: Shin wannan makomar wasan tennis?
Murcian ya amsa: Ni ba tauraro mai harbi ba ne. A wannan Juma'ar, a waccan kotun mai shudi ta New York inda tafin kafarsa ke rawar jiki, a bayyanarsa ta farko a wasan dab da na kusa da karshe na babbar gasar, ya samu tikitin da ba zai tsaya tsayawa ba a gasar tennis ta duniya. Ya doke Frances Tiafoe da gagarumin kokari (6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-7, 6-3) kuma a wannan Lahadin ne zai fafata da dan uwansa ‘babban’ kuma na daya a duniya.
Don cimma hakan, dole ne ya doke Casper Ruud, wani dan wasan tennis da ya yi fice a kakar wasa ta bana. Dan Norwegian ya ci wasan kusa da na karshe da Karen Kachanov na Rasha kuma yana cikin yanayi iri daya da Alcaraz: ya zabi ya lashe babban 'babban'sa na farko (ya kai wasan karshe na Roland Garros) kuma, idan ya yi nasara, zai kuma lashe lambar yabo ta daya.
Tiafoe's wani abu ne mai ban sha'awa da dogon lokaci, wani abu da Alcaraz ke lalata jama'ar New York. Ba wai tikitin suna da arha ba, amma New Yorkers ba za su iya biyan kuɗi kaɗan don ganin Murcian ba, wanda ke da nishaɗi da yawa a kowane bayyanar. Ko watakila neman rangwame ga likitan zuciya.
Game da wasan da Tiafoe, almara ya ɗanɗana. Domin Alcaraz ya sami kansa tare da wasan ƙasa, yana da daɗi, tare da ɗimbin 'karshe' maki kuma tare da maki na wasa wanda zai iya ceton wahala mai yawa. Amma ya rude har sai da ya jefa karshe cikin hatsari.
Abubuwan da aka rasa
Tiafoe ya isa cunkoso zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe. Ya yi rashin nasara sau daya kacal a gasar, wanda shi ne daya tilo da ya samu nasarar doke Rafael Nadal a wasan da ya gabata, wato zagaye na 5. Amma a gabansa akwai wani dan wasan tennis mai rugujewar dabi’a wanda ya yi nasara a kan biyun karshe da wasannin gudun fanfalaki XNUMX, har zuwa dare. A wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe, da dan kasar Italiya Jannik Sinner, yana dawowa daga wasan.
"An yi ni da bijimi!" Carlos Alcaraz ya yi ihu a wancan dare daga akwatinsa, a cikin zagaye na XNUMX, a ƙarshen wasansa na sa'o'i biyar da kwata. Amma a wannan Juma'ar, shi ne, ba Tiafoe ba, wanda ya fara kai hari. Ya rasa matakin farko saboda cikakkun bayanai kuma wasan ya kasance mai rikitarwa.
Ba’amurke ya bayyana da irin kuzarin da ya nuna a duk lokacin gasar. A gasar US Open bayan Serena Williams ta yi ritaya, an tabbatar da Tiafoe a matsayin dan wasan tennis a cikin al'ummar bakaken fata a Amurka, wanda ke da wakilcin 'yan tsiraru.
Shi ne Ba’amurke bakar fata na farko a wasan kusa da na karshe a birnin New York a shekara ta 1972, tare da Arthur Ashe, majagaba da ke ba da lambar tsakiya. Kuma a cikin mummunan panorama na Amurka a cikin 'yan wasan maza shekaru da yawa, ba tare da adadi kamar Andy Roddick ko, da yawa ba, Pete Sampras.
"Tafi Tiafoe!" Michelle Obama ta gaishe da ita yayin da ta tsaya a gaban kyamarar, don karramawa. Uwargidan tsohon shugaban kasar Amurka ta kasance a baya, a jere na biyu, kuma ta bayyana karara ga wadanda za ta tafi. Kawai yaba maki na Amurka.
Kuma cewa Alcaraz ya ba shi dalilai masu yawa. Saitin farko ba shi da fitattun wasan tennis, amma yana da musayar waɗanda aka cika labarai da su. Daya ya kasance mai ban mamaki har Tiafoe ya tsallake ragar ragar ya yi nuni da ''je can!' da hannunsa, da murmushi a fuskarsa, da na Alcaraz da na kusan mutane 24.000 da suka cika filin wasan.
Alcaraz ya sha wahala wajen samun kari a waccan saitin farko. Ya yi ƙoƙari ya zage damtse ga sauran, amma ya kasa buɗe ramuka. Ya rasa damar 'karya', wanda ya ƙare ya biya.
Wanda hakan ya kawo karshen kunnen doki, yankin Tiafoe ya yi fice a wannan shekarar a New York. Daga cikin mutuwar kwatsam shida da ya yi takara har zuwa ranar Juma'a, bai rasa ko daya ba. Wannan ba banda bane, kuma ya ɗauki shi don cikakkun bayanai, kamar babbar bugun daga kai tsaye daga Ba'amurke da kuskure biyu na ƙarshe daga Mutanen Espanya.
Saitin gaba da Alcaraz. Lokaci ya yi da za a yi jere, kamar yadda a cikin matches na har abada da Marin Cilic (na takwas) da Sinner. Alcaraz ya cika. Ya saki dama kuma Tiafoe ya fara samun wahalar gudanar da tarukan. "A hidima ta biyu, lokacin da ba ku gan shi a fili ba, mai karfi mai karfi da kuma ta tsakiya," in ji kocinsa, Juan Carlos Ferrero, daga kusurwa. Kuma dan Sipaniya ya gan shi a fili, fiye da sauran: ba shi da wahala a gare shi ya yi amfani da ƙwallan 'karye' kuma ya yi nasara cikin kwanciyar hankali.
Da aka daura wasan a sahu biyu, Alcaraz bai yi jere ba. Ya sanya motar a waje. Ya doke Tiafoe, inda ya kwance damara saboda tsananin taron da kuma asarar kura-kurai a Murciano. Yunkurin ya kai 2-0 don goyon bayan dan kasar Sipaniya a cikin sahu na hudu, da alama duel zai mutu a cikin yardarsa.
Arfin tunani
Wasan kuwa ya kama shi. Alcaraz da Tiafoe sun ɗaure hutun sabis huɗu. Ba'amurke ya tsira a cikin rudani. Murcian ya mamaye ashana kuma ya rungume hidimarsa, amma ba tare da yin nisa ba. “Jarumi, jarumtaka!” Suka ce daga lungu, kuma watakila shi ne laifin zama haka. Lokacin da a ƙarshe ya sami maki a wasa, a cikin taron shugaban ƙasa, ya jefar da harbi. Tiafoe, da sauri kamar Alcaraz, ya isa ya dawo da wani, madaidaicin tsari, kuma mai mutuwa. Don sake yin layi
Wataƙila Alcaraz zai yi godiya a cikin dogon lokaci don abin da ya faru na gaba: ya ƙare saitin don asarar a cikin sabon 'karshen taye', yana ƙarewa da hannu biyu a waje. Wasan jin daɗi ya juya ya zama mafarki mai ban tsoro: dole ne ya sake lashe abin da ya riga ya ci, tare da kusan sa'o'i goma sha huɗu na wasan tennis a ƙafafunsa a cikin kwanaki biyar kawai, yana da shekaru 19, a farkon bayyanarsa a wasan kusa da na karshe.
Ya shawo kan kalubalen, ya lashe gasar ta biyar kuma wasan tennis din nasa yana da matsayi daya, zai zo da amfani a wasan karshe da Ruud, wanda ya fi shi kwarewa a 'babban' kuma wanda ke auna jijiyoyi sosai.
"Wannan ya yi zafi sosai," in ji Tiafoe a kotu a karshen wasan, cikin juyayi bayan wasan da ya gabatar da shi sosai. "Zan dawo kuma zan ci wannan nasara wata rana, yi hakuri," in ji shi a gaban jama'a.
"A wasan kusa da na karshe dole ne ku ba da komai, ku yi yaƙi har zuwa wasan karshe, ba kome ba idan kun yi gwagwarmaya tsawon sa'o'i biyar ko shida," in ji Murcian, tare da murmushi a fuskarsa. "Dole ne in sarrafa jijiyoyi na a wasan karshe na Grand Slam na farko, amma ba shakka ina matukar farin ciki kuma zan ji daɗin kowane lokaci. Za mu ga abin da ya faru".
"Abin da muka fuskanta a yau abu ne mai ban mamaki," in ji daga baya a cikin Mutanen Espanya, bayan yakin sa'o'i hudu da minti ashirin. Ya kara da cewa "Matches uku zuwa saiti biyar, masu tsayi sosai, suna da matukar bukata," in ji shi game da wasanninsu na zagaye na XNUMX, na kusa da na karshe da na kusa da na karshe. "Gaskiya ina da ƙarfi godiya gare ku, kuna ƙarfafa ni a kowane lokaci, kowane ball," in ji shi ga jama'a. Sun riga sun jira ku don babban wasan karshe na wannan Lahadin. Haka kuma likitocin zuciya.
