Pōʻalima, ʻeiwa o ke kakahiaka a ua wānana ka lā e loaʻa i ka pāʻani nā keiki 120, me ka hopohopo, i ʻike ʻia ma nā pali o ka RACE Sports Complex, ma Madrid. ʻO kēia paha ka lā koʻikoʻi o ko lākou ola, a ʻike lākou. ʻIke ʻia ka pūnaewele. Pono lākou e hōʻike i ko lākou mau ʻano ma ka pāʻani ʻana i ka tennis i mua o nā maka o nā hui 35 e hōʻike ana i nā kulanui ʻAmelika e ʻimi nei ma Sepania i kēia mau lā. No ka manawa mua, ke nānā ʻia nei kā lākou neʻe ʻana e nā kāmera. Mai ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka Moana aia kekahi 200 mau loea i mākaukau e kiʻi iā lākou ma o ka pale. Me kēlā me kēia kiko, ʻoi aku ke kaumaha o ka racket a ʻoi aku ka lohi o ka pōleʻa, ʻike nā ʻōpio he kakaikahi wale nō ka mea hiki ke ola i ka moeʻuhane ʻAmelika. Ua pae ka hale hōʻikeʻike tennis nui loa i kēia hopena pule ma Madrid, a i nā lā e hiki mai ana e hele aku ka poʻe e nānā ʻia nei i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ʻEulopa e ʻimi i ke kālena. ʻAʻole he mea ʻole ka hāʻawi ʻana: nā haʻawina a me kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻoihana no ka poʻe ʻōpio maikaʻi loa mai ka waihona aupuni. ʻAʻole kūlike ka moʻomeheu o nā haʻuki ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e kekahi ʻāina o ka honua. Akā aia kekahi ʻoiaʻiʻo like ʻole: ka pae o ka tennis Spanish. ʻIke ʻia ʻo Nadal a me Alcaraz a puni ka honua. A ma waho, ua ʻike nā kulanui maikaʻi loa i nā talena i mahi ʻia ma ʻaneʻi. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, he mea hoʻowalewale ka lele ʻoihana: ʻo ka manawa kūpono e hoʻomaʻamaʻa me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana, e loaʻa i nā physiotherapists pilikino a me nā meaʻai meaʻai. Loaʻa i ka haʻawina ke kēkelē kulanui. Eia ke kumu nui: ʻo ka ʻokoʻa nui ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Sepania aia i ka hiki ke hoʻohālikelike i nā haʻawina me kahi ʻoihana ʻoihana i kahi haʻuki. ʻO ia ka mea maʻamau a me ke kuleana: inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā ʻoe iho ma ke ala, pono ʻoe e pane i kahi hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe. Guillermo Navarro ʻO ka uluʻana o nā mea pāʻani maʻAmelika Hui Pūʻiaʻaʻoleʻoihana wale nō, akā,ʻo ke kanaka. ʻO Jorge Carretero, ka mea hoʻonohonoho o ka hanana Global College USA, e hōʻike ana i ka manawa kūpono i hāʻawi ʻia i nā poʻe haʻuki Spanish: hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mea maikaʻi loa ma United States". Ua wehe ʻo ʻAmelika i kona mau maka a ke hoʻomaka nei e ʻimi i nā talena Paniolo a lawe i kāna mau kula. ʻO kahi ʻano hana e like me ka hana: i ka Wimbledon hope loa, 65 mau mea pāʻani tennis mai ka 300 o kēia manawa i hele mai mai nā kulanui. He elite ka hoʻonaʻauao a hōʻike ka ʻikepili. ʻElua makahiki i hala, ua lanakila ʻo Jenson Brooksby (helu ATP 43 i kēia manawa) i kahi Tomas Berdych ma ka US Open. I kēia makahiki, ʻo Cameron Norrie, ma waho o Texas Christian University, he semi-finalist ma ka mauʻu ma Lākana a ʻo ia ka helu 13. A inā loaʻa kēia i ka tennis, ke ʻimi pū nei ka basketball ʻAmelika i ke kālena Paniolo. Ma o ka Campus Elite Sports Academy, ma Lloret de Mar, hiki i nā kaikamahine he nui ke lanakila i ka moeʻuhane o ka pāʻani ma NCAA. Ua hōʻoia ʻo Adrià Castejón, ka luna nui o ka Academy, i ka ulu ʻana o ka hanana: "Ua loaʻa kahi 'boom' i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala. I kēia makahiki wale nō ua hoʻouna mākou i nā mea pāʻani he 30 i hānau ʻia ma 2004 i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. He manawa maikaʻi kēia no ka mea ʻike lākou aia ke kālena ma ʻaneʻi." ʻElua kapuaʻi ka mamao o ka moeʻuhane a hiki i nā mea a pau. Ua wehewehe ʻo Carretero ʻaʻole e pau ka manawa o nā kula ʻē aʻe i ka lawe ʻana i ka mea maikaʻi loa: "Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaopopo i ka hihia e lilo ai ka mea pāʻani i lāhui. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia ʻAmelika, ʻo ia ʻo Álex de Miñaur: ma Sepania ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ia ke kōkua ʻoiai ma Australia ua kākoʻo lākou iā ia a ua koho ʻo ia e pāʻani no lākou". ʻO ka'ōlelo Pelekānia i ka honua ka moʻomeheu haʻukiʻAmelika ka mea e hiki ai i ka'āina ke hana i nā mea haʻuki elite. Hoʻopiha ka lehulehu i nā kahua pāʻani, nā kīwī i kono ʻia i nā haʻuki kulanui, he nui ka hahai. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua maʻa mau ka hana o ka hele ʻana e aʻo ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Paipai ʻia nā mea pāʻani i ka ʻāina ʻAmelika e hiki ke hoʻohālikelike i ka moeʻuhane o ka lilo ʻana i poʻe loea me nā ʻoihana maikaʻi loa me ka ʻole e haʻalele i kā lākou mau haʻawina. Eia nā hualoaʻa hou loa i loaʻa e nā mea haʻuki Paniolo e paipai i ka ʻike: Ua lanakila ʻo Alejandro García i ka hoʻokūkū tennis aupuni me ke Kulanui ʻo Baylor, a i kēia makahiki ua lanakila ʻo ia me Virginia. Ua lanakila pū ʻo Esthela Pérez i ke poʻo inoa o ke kulanui aupuni. Ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa pū nei nā luna hoʻokolokolo pīpeku mai ka hui Paniolo e like me Elisa Aguilar, Maite Cazorla, Leticia Romero, María Conde i nā kulanui ʻAmelika. Ua haʻi ʻo Agustín Romero, he mea pāʻani tennis a me ka mea aʻoaʻo ma ke Kulanui ʻo Loyola Marymount, i ka ulu ʻana o kēia ʻano: "I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hiki mai nā mea pāʻani tennis ʻEulopa. Ma mua o ke ala ua ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī. He haʻahaʻa loa ka pākēneka o nā mea pāʻani tennis i lilo i poʻe loea a he koho kūpono kēia, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha inā hoʻokahi a ʻelua mau mea pāʻani e puka mai i waho. Maʻaneʻi kaʻoi aku o ke kino a me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka pae, aia nā pitch maikaʻi, nā kahua pāʻani a me nā hale». Ma waena o nā kaʻi i loaʻa ma Madrid ʻo Cristina Sánchez Quintanar, ke kumu o ke Kulanui o Arkansas. He mea pāʻani tennis ʻoihana ʻo ia ma Texas a ma hope mai ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e lilo i mea kōkua a hiki i kona hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hui kulanui wahine. Penei kāna wehewehe ʻana i nā ʻokoʻa: “Ma ʻAmelika ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka pae no ka mea he ʻokoʻa kā lākou moʻomeheu haʻuki. ʻO ka mea mua, e pāʻani ʻoe ma ke ʻano he hui a ʻaʻole hoʻokahi. A mai ka makahiki 7 e hoʻomaʻamaʻa lākou e loaʻa ka manawa e komo ai i ke kulanui ʻoiai ma Sepania e noʻonoʻo mau ana nā kaikamahine 17 makahiki inā makemake lākou e lawe i ka pilikia e hele i ʻAmelika". Ma Sepania, ʻaʻole hiki ke piʻi i luna i ka wā ma ʻAmelika e hakakā nei nā mea a pau no ko lākou wahi ma luna. Hōʻike ʻo Sánchez Quintanar i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻokūkū e kū nei ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka moana: "Ke ola nei nā ʻAmelika no kēia, ʻaʻohe mea pili i ka mea i hoʻomaopopo ʻia ma ʻaneʻi he haʻuki kulanui". ʻAʻole wale ka ʻokoʻa i ka noʻonoʻo akā ma ke ʻano kino hoʻi ka loli maoli. “Ma ko mākou Kulanui ʻoe e aʻo nui ai, ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻaneʻi. ʻO ke kānāwai ʻAmelika e koi iā ʻoe e hana 20 mau hola i ka pule, ʻaʻole helu i nā hoʻokūkū", hōʻike i ka mea koho. ʻO ka haʻiʻōlelo hoʻokahi e hahai ʻia e Castejón, ka loea basketball nāna i wehewehe e pili ana i nā ʻokoʻa o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana: “Ke hana nui nei mākou ma ke kumuhana o ke kaupaona a me ka ikaika. Ma Sepania, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hana e pili ana i ka pale ʻana i nā ʻeha. Hana ʻia kēia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa akā hoʻohui lākou i ka hana kino no ka mea ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hola i kā lākou hana ". ʻO Guillermo Navarro ʻO kahi pilikia i hōʻike ʻia e Cristina, ʻo nā kaikamahine, i ka wā e ʻae ai i nā haʻawina, ke kānalua nei lākou, akā ʻo ka manawa kūpono. "Ke hāʻawi aku nei kā mākou Kulanui i kahi haʻawina o 245.000 euros e uhi ana i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa haʻawina a me nā haʻuki. Hana mākou i kā mākou maikaʻi loa e hoʻohuli i nā mea pāʻani tennis i ʻoihana. ʻO ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo he hoʻomākaukau piha, kahi lumi, kahi physiotherapist pilikino, kahi meaʻai meaʻai, gyms a me nā ala e hiki ai ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā manawa a lākou e makemake ai, "wahi a Sánchez Quintanar. Ua hoʻopauʻia ka nui o ka moeʻuhane me ka hoʻonaʻauao maʻamau: "He hale kula hoʻonaʻauao mākou me nā mea pāʻani wale nō, me nā lumi, nā kamepiula a me kahi kumu aʻo pilikino." He mea paʻakikī kēia pae ma Sepania, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi mai kahi ʻike waiwai: "Ua uku ʻia nā mea a pau, ʻo ka heihei pū kekahi, a aia kekahi mau lula hou e hāʻawi i nā pono i nā ʻōpio: no ka mea maʻalahi o ka noho ʻana i ka hui a hiki ke hoʻokūkū, e loaʻa $3.000 i kēlā me kēia kau." Ua wehe ʻia nā ʻīpuka, ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻokūkū, a ua lohe ʻia ke kani ʻana o nā sneakers ma ka sima. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka lā i nā pā hale a me nā paʻi maloʻo o ka pōpō e wili i ka lewa. I kēlā me kēia manawa, hoʻopau ka leo i ka monotony, kahi kuhi hewa a i ʻole ka lanakila o kahi wahi paʻakikī.
