E like me ka pāʻani ʻana iā Taylor Fritz, pono ʻo Rafa Nadal e hoʻokūkū kūʻē iā ia iho. Ua wehewehe ka Spaniard i nā ʻōlelo ma hope o ka pāʻani ua loaʻa ʻo ia i ka ʻeha a me nā pilikia hanu i ka wā o kona lanakila ʻana i ka Indian Wells hope a ʻaʻole maopopo i nā kumu i hoʻokumu ʻia ai.
"ʻO kaʻu mea e ʻōlelo ai he paʻakikī iaʻu ke hanu. Ke hoʻāʻo wau e hanu, ʻeha ia a ʻoluʻolu loa ia", Ua haʻi ʻo Nadal, 35, i ka poʻe media ma hope o kona lanakila ʻole ʻana i ka hopena i ka American Taylor Fritz 6-3 a me 7-6 (7/5).
"I koʻu hanu ʻana, ke neʻe au, ua like ia me ka nila i nā manawa a pau i loko o ʻaneʻi," wahi āna me ke kuhikuhi ʻana i kona umauma. “Pūhū iki au no ka ʻeha. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu inā he mea i loko o ka iwi ʻaoʻao, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i kēia manawa."
ʻO ka hōkū Sepania, ka mea i haʻalele i ka hapa nui o ka manawa i hala me ka ʻeha wāwae hema, ua hele mai i ka pilikia ma Indian Wells i ka pō Pōʻaono i ka manawa hope o kāna kaua ʻekolu hola me ka hoa ʻōpio ʻo Carlos Alcaraz. "Ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka pō inehinei a me ka pāʻani ʻana i kēia lā i ke kakahiaka, ʻaʻole i loaʻa iaʻu kahi manawa e hana ai i nā mea he nui, ʻaʻole hoʻi e nānā i nā mea e hana nei," wahi āna.
“ʻAʻole ia e pili ana i ka ʻeha, ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa koʻu manaʻo no ka mea pili ia i koʻu hanu. Mamua o ke kaumaha o ka eo, he mea i ae koke ia, a mamua o ka pau ana o ka paani, oia ka'u e hoololi iki nei, me ka oiaio«, wahi ana.
Ua kūʻē ʻo Nadal no ka manawa lōʻihi i hala aku nei i nā hola he nui o ka lanakila ʻana iā Fritz, a ʻike ʻo ia i kāna streak o 20 mau lanakila pololei i ʻoki ʻia i kēia hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau, a ua loaʻa iā ia kahi moʻolelo 21 Grand Slam title ma ka lanakila ʻana i ka Australian Open. "ʻOiai ua maopopo ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hana i nā mea maʻamau i kēia lā, ʻo ia ka hopena. Ho'āʻo wau. Ua lilo au i kahi mea pāʻani maikaʻi, "ʻae ʻo ia.
Fritz, pōʻai hoʻi hope
Ma hope o kona lanakila hou ʻana, ua haʻi ka mea pāʻani tennis ʻAmelika ʻo Taylor Fritz, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e lele i luna o ke kahua e like me ka noi ʻana o kāna hui ma muli o ka ʻeha kuʻekuʻe wāwae.
ʻO Fritz, ka mea i lanakila i ka Masters 1000 hope ma kona ʻāina hānau ʻo Kaleponi, ua ʻāʻī kona kuʻekuʻe wāwae ʻākau i ka semi-final o ka Pōʻaono me Andrey Rublev.
I kekahi lā ma hope mai, ua haʻalele ka mea pāʻani mai San Diego i ka ʻike pumehana o ka hopena hope loa a noʻonoʻo hoʻi i ka wehewehe āna e hāʻawi ai i kāna mau mea pā.
"I kona komo ʻana i ke ala e hoʻomaha ai, hoʻāʻo wau a hoʻōho maoli. Ua hoʻopiʻi hou ʻo ia i ʻelua manawa. ʻO nā manawa ʻelua ua loaʻa iaʻu ka ʻehaʻeha loa. Ua aneane wau e uē no ka mea ua manaʻo wau e hoʻomaha wau, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia ma ka lumi paʻi.
