ʻO ka pō ka hele wāwae no Rafael Nadal i kāna hoʻomaka ma kēia paʻi o ka US Open. Akā, he pahele. I mua ona he hoʻokūkū maikaʻi loa ʻo ia e hopu i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma hope o ke kauwela o ka hana ʻole ʻana o ka mea pāʻani tennis lanakila loa ma ka mōʻaukala. ʻO Rinky Hijakata kona inoa a ʻaʻohe kanaka i ʻike iā ia ma New York. Akā ua hoʻoweliweli ʻo ia iā Nadal a hoʻolilo iā ia i ka hou e hele i ka pōʻai lua (4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3).
ʻO ka mea i hana ʻole ʻia e kekahi ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo New York ma Hijakata he kiʻi ʻōlelo. ʻO ia ka manawa mua i hehi ai i ka Grand Slam. ʻAʻole hoʻi lākou i ʻike i ka poʻe kūpaʻa i hele i ka huakaʻi i Flushing Meadow e nānā i ka pre-qualifiers, kahi i hui ai nā kāne hoʻopalau ʻōpio i nā hanohano kahiko e ʻimi i kahi o ka huki.
ʻO Hijikata, he 21 makahiki Australian, i hui pū me ka hui ma ke kono ʻana i ka US Open, i loko o kahi ʻaelike i loaʻa i ka hoʻokūkū me ka Australian Open. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e loaʻa i kahi tikiki no ka 'nui' i ka Australian a me Wimbledon qualifiers, akā ʻaʻole i lanakila. E kūʻē iā Nadal ʻo ia ka hā o kāna pāʻani ma ke kaapuni ATP, i kēia makahiki a pau. Ma ke kikowaena o New York wale nō, ua lanakila ka Spaniard i ʻehā mau hopena.
Ua ʻakaʻaka ʻo Hijikata ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pāʻani me ka maka "he aha kaʻu e hana nei". Akā, ma hope mai, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ke kani ʻana o ka pā, me he mea lā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Inā mākou i hele mai e pāʻani, e pāʻani kāua."
Ua puka mai ʻo ia i waho mai ka hele ʻana. Inā ʻo kēia wale nō ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma ke ala waena o kahi 'nui', ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke ʻōlelo ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hāʻawi i kāna mea āpau. Ua nee koke ka Australian a pana ikaika. Ua pāʻani ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia helu i kahi lua hāmama. 'O nā ki'i pa'i' pololei, hema, nā mea like i honi i ka laina...
ʻO ke kaumaha o ka nele o nā minuke
Ua ʻike paha ʻo Nadal i ka nele o nā minuke ma ka pā hale. Mai ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū i koi iā ia e haʻalele ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i ka semifinals Wimbledon ma ke ʻano heroic, ua pāʻani wale ʻo ia i hoʻokahi pāʻani. Ua eo ʻo ia iā Borna Coric - ʻo ia ka mea i lanakila ma hope o kēlā hoʻokūkū me ka pīhoihoi - ma Cincinnati a ʻaʻole i pāʻani mai ia manawa. "He pāʻani ia i nā lā 50," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka pāʻani.
Ua hui pū ʻia ka mea pāʻani tennis Paniolo i nā hewa i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia, nele i ka pololei ma lalo o ka pā a ʻaʻole i kau i ke kaomi maʻamau ma Hijikata. ʻAʻole maikaʻi ka lewa: wela a haʻahaʻa i ka pō wela o New York, ka ʻōhumu kuli o nā hale kū i ka ʻino, ka lehulehu ʻino ma nā hale kūʻai pipiʻi, a hiki i ko lākou mau noho me nā lima i piha i nā mea inu. …
A ʻo Hijikata, hoʻonui ʻia. Ua haki ʻo ia i kāna lawelawe no 4-3 a laila lawe i ka set mua. Mai ka 'sparring' kūpono no Nadal, ua lilo ʻo Hijikata i ʻeha maikaʻi loa ma kāna mau wahi pili.
Ua hoʻokomo ka Spaniard i ka hapalua wale nō o ka huakaʻi i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻelua a ua lawa ia iā ia e hoʻohālikelike ai i ka pāʻani a, i ka set aʻe, e alakaʻi i ke alakaʻi. Ua mamao loa ʻo ia mai kāna tennis maikaʻi loa, akā hoʻomaka ʻo ia e kauoha me kona lima mua a loaʻa ke kūlike me kāna lawelawe.
ʻO Hijakata, ʻaʻohe paʻakikī, iā ia iho
Ua hoʻomau ʻo Hijikata i kāna hana. Me ka makaʻu ʻole, ua ʻae ʻo ia i ka ʻulaʻula i ka volley ma hope o kāna lawelawe a hele i mua e hoʻihoʻi iā Nadal me ka mana. ʻO kāna pāʻani ma ka uea, me nā mea kupanaha, ua alakaʻi iā ia e nalowale i nā helu he nui, akā hāʻawi pū kekahi i kahi makaʻu liʻiliʻi i ka pā hale o Nadal. Ua hoʻonoho ʻia ʻo 0-40 e hoʻonoho iā 4-3 a hoʻoweliweli i kahi pō lōʻihi a weliweli no ke kanaka mai Manacor.
Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka Sepania, e like me nā manawa he nui. Ma hope o ka paʻakikī e pani i ka pāʻani hope loa, i hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ma waena o ka 'deuce' a me nā 'pono'. Ua lulu ʻo Nadal i kona poʻo me ka huhū iā ia iho. ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka mana hoʻohui iā ia iho, a pono ʻo ia inā makemake ʻo ia e kūpono no kāna helu 'nui' 23 a pani i kahi manawa o 'Grand Slam' e like me ka paʻakikī e like me ka lanakila. "Pono wau e hoʻomaikaʻi a manaʻo wau e hoʻomaikaʻi wau," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Nadal ma hope ma kahi hālāwai kūkā.
"I ka paʻakikī o nā pāʻani, ʻaʻole ia he mea nui inā ʻo ia ka pōʻai mua a i ʻole ke kolu, pono ʻoe e hana i nā mea āpau ma kāu ʻaoʻao e hele i mua", ua hoʻohui ʻo ia. Pono ʻoe e loaʻa ka ikehu kūpono e hoʻāʻo e huki i kēia. No ka mea ʻaʻole maʻalahi nā mea, ʻo ia ʻo Rafa Nadal, Djokovic, Federer a i ʻole. I ka hopena, pāʻani nā hoʻokūkū, ʻaʻole nui loa ka ʻokoʻa a pono ʻoe e mākaukau e pilikia".
A ua ʻeha ʻo ia ma mua o ʻekolu hola, a hiki i kona hoʻopau ʻana i ka Australian. ʻO ia me ka hahau nui hope loa, kahi pono i koi nui ʻia, foreshortened. ma hope o ka uhi ʻana o Hijikata i kahi kihi nui, i hoʻouna i kahi ʻano like ʻole kokoke i ka laina. He ʻōlelo aʻo ia i nā luina: aia ʻo Nadal i ka hoʻokūkū a hiki iā ia ke hana i kēia, ʻoiai nā pilikia kino e puka mai ana mai ka hui ʻo Wimbledon.
“Ua hoʻololi iki au i ka lawelawe. Kiola au i ka pōleʻa i haʻahaʻa iki i hiki ke pale aku i kahi ʻano hoʻomāinoino loa me nā ʻōpū", wehewehe ʻo ia. "Ke ho'āʻo nei au e hana i nā mea e kōkua iaʻu e loaʻa nā koho maoli," i hoʻohui ʻo ia ma mua o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana he pono ʻo ia e hele "me nā wāwae alakaʻi" ma muli o kēlā ʻeha.
Pono ʻo ia i ka hahau ʻana e like me ka mea hope me kāna hoa paio hou, ʻo Fabio Fognini, ka mea i loaʻa iā ia kahi hoʻokūkū kahiko. Ua hoʻihoʻi hou ka Italia i kāna mau hoʻonohonoho kūʻē i kēia kahua ma 2015, i kekahi o nā pohō ʻino loa o Nadal ma New York. Ua hana ʻo ia i nā pilikia ma luna a ma waho o ke ala (ʻo ka mea hope loa, e hoʻopiʻi ana iā Nadal ma nā ʻoihana pūnaewele ʻaʻole i hōʻeha ʻia ma Wimbledon). Ma ka Poaha e kamailio ai lakou ma ke alahele.
