ʻO kā Carlos Alcaraz ke ʻano o ka hauʻoli luhi a i ʻole ka luhi hauʻoli. Aia ʻo ia ma ka papahele 36th o kahi skyscraper Manhattan, me ka nānā pono ʻana ma luna o nā hale o Midtown a me nā domes o nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni Broadway. ʻEwalu Alanui pāhola ma kona mau kapuaʻi, ka poʻe hele wāwae like me ka poni ʻana. Aia ʻo ia ma luna o ka tennis.
I kekahi mau hola i hala aku nei, ua hāpai ʻo ia i ke kīʻaha US Open, kāna 'nui' mua loa, a ua lilo ʻo ia, i ka makahiki 19, ʻo ia ka ʻōpio helu ʻekahi o ka honua ma ka mōʻaukala. Aia ma nā lehelehe o kēlā me kēia kanaka. Ua hoʻohiwahiwa ʻo ia i ke kūlanakauhale o ka mālamalama. Ua hana ʻo ia i ke kūlanakauhale hiamoe ʻole i ka pō a pau. A me ka hapalua o Sepania. I ka pule ʻelua o ka hoʻokūkū, ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka ikaika, ka manaʻo, ka nānā ʻana, nā mea poina ʻole, nā hoʻi hou, nā heihei hiki ʻole a me nā minoʻaka he nui.
Ua lilo ʻo ia i mōʻī o ka tennis honua, kamaʻilio ʻo ia me ABC a me nā mea hoʻolaha Paniolo ʻē aʻe i hahai pono i kona mau wāwae ma New York. Hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia me nā jeans ʻili, neuf portiva a me Jordans maʻamau. I ka pō ma mua, ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻo ia i ka lanakila me ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha ma kahi hale ʻaina Peruvian a hiki ke hoʻohui i kahi wahi o ka luhi i nā hahau i loaʻa iā ia i ka hoʻokūkū. Akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia me ka minoʻaka ʻole.
I ka wā o ka US Open, ʻaʻole paʻakikī iā ia ke ʻae ʻo kāna moeʻuhane mau ʻo "ka helu ʻekahi". Hoʻomaikaʻi. ʻO ia hoʻi ka lanakila ʻana i kahi mea nui, kahi mea i kūʻē i nā mea pāʻani kiʻekiʻe (ʻo ka hihia maopopo loa, ʻo ka Spanish David Ferrer). He aha ka mea e hoʻoikaika ai iā ʻoe i kēia manawa? "E pāʻani kūʻē iā Roger Federer," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ke kānalua ʻole. "I kēia manawa he liʻiliʻi koʻu manawa (ʻo ka Swiss he 41 mau makahiki a ua loaʻa i nā ʻeha he nui e hoʻihoʻi i ka pae kiʻekiʻe loa), akā he mea ia aʻu e makemake ai." Akā, kū ʻo Alcaraz, noʻonoʻo, nānā i nā maka a hoʻonui i kāna pane me ka makemake nui. "A ke manaʻo nei au e lanakila i kekahi o nā ʻEkolu Nui ma Grand Slam," ʻo Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic a me Federer ponoʻī i ʻōlelo me ka noʻonoʻo. "Ua ʻōlelo mau ʻo ia e lilo ʻoe i mea maikaʻi loa e lanakila ai ʻoe i ka mea maikaʻi loa."
ʻO ia ka mea maikaʻi loa i kēia manawa. No ka mea maikaʻi loa i ka mōʻaukala, ʻo ia ka mea ma mua ʻo Nadal, ka mea i hōʻiliʻili i ka 22 'nui' a ʻaʻole i nalowale i ke keʻena hoʻokūkū. Ua hana mākou i kēia pule ma New York, i kona hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻana ua makemake ʻo ia ʻaʻole lawe ʻo Alcaraz i ka helu ʻekahi, a ʻo ia hoʻi i koho ai: "ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ʻaʻole no ka mea inā ʻaʻole wau, ʻaʻohe pono e lilo. he hookamani," i pale aku ai. .
I kēia manawa, ua hoʻokumuʻo Alcaraz i kānaʻoihana ma ka helu o nā 'nui', kahi i hoʻokaʻawaleʻia aiʻo ia e kahi mamao loa mai Nadal.
Makemake ʻoe ʻaʻole lanakila hou ʻo Nadal, i hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokokoke iā ʻoe?
ʻAʻole, no ka mea ʻole. E haʻaheo mau ana au ua lanakila ʻo Rafa i ka 'nui'. A, ʻoiaʻiʻo, inā naʻe, nalo wau i kahi 'Grand Slam', e hauʻoli wau iā ia e lanakila. E noho mau ana au me kahi Spaniard a e hauʻoli ana i kahi Spaniard. A ua lanakila wau i kahi 'nui' wale nō, ʻaʻohe oʻu manaʻo kokoke loa iā ia. I kēia manawa, e noʻonoʻo wau e pili ana i ka lua, he kakaikahi ka poʻe i hoʻokō.
ʻO ka mea a ka poʻe i manaʻo ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka nei e hoʻokō ʻia. Manaʻo paha ʻoe i koho ʻia?
ʻAʻohe mea hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kekahi mea, pono ʻoe e hana i nā mea. ʻO ka hiki ʻana i ka helu ʻekahi, ʻaʻole ia he moena o nā rosa, akā no ka ʻeha. Ua loaʻa nō hoʻi nā manawa ʻino e hiki ai i kēia manawa.
He aha kāu e makaʻu ai?
Ma ke ʻano he mea pāʻani tennis, makaʻu wau i ka hōʻeha. E hoʻohilahila i koʻu poʻe kānaka a pau. ʻAʻole hiki i ka par. E like me ke keiki maʻamau, makaʻu wau i nā mea he nui. I ka pōʻeleʻele. ʻAʻole ʻo ia he mea makemake i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni kahiko. ʻO nā Spider. Nui nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ma kahi āu i ʻike ʻole ʻia ai me ka makaʻu ma ke ala, pehea kou mākaukau noʻonoʻo?
Ua hana wau me kahi psychologist mai 2019, ʻo Isabel Balaguer. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kumu nui e hiki ai iā ia ke helu ʻekahi ma ka honua i kēia mau lā. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui iā ia. He koi nui ka tennis. I kēlā me kēia pule i kēlā me kēia pule, no ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo hou, ʻike pehea e pale ai i ke kaomi, aia nā maka a pau iā ʻoe.
Hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe ma waho o ke ala? Pehea e wehe ai me ka poʻe, me ka media...
ʻAʻole, ma kēia ʻāpana ke hōʻike nei au i koʻu ʻano. Akā, i ka hopena, aia kekahi mau manawa i kahi manawa nui a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i ka hana ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he haʻaheo ʻoe ʻo Murcian a me Sepania. Makemake ʻoe i ka politika?
ʻAʻole, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole wau e nānā nui iā ia. Ke hiki mai ka manawa, ʻike wau inā koho ʻo ia a ʻaʻole paha. Akā, haʻaheo wau no Murcia a he Paniolo. A ke haʻi aku nei au me ka haʻaheo nui.
I kēia manawa e ʻike i kahi hale. He aha kāna hana ma waho o ka tennis?
E lilo i kanaka maʻamau. ʻO ka mea maʻamau ka mea aʻu e hauʻoli nui ai. ʻO ka noho pū ʻana me ʻelima a ʻeono paha mau hoa e noho ana ma luna o kahi noho, i loko o ke kaʻa, i loko o ka hale, e kamaʻilio ana, e hauʻoli ana, e ʻakaʻaka, e haʻi ana kekahi i kekahi moʻolelo. ʻO ia kaʻu hauʻoli.
