Ua puka mai ʻo Carlos Alcaraz i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala ma ke ʻano he manaʻo o ka tennis honua ma kēia kahua, ma Arthur Ashe, ke kahua waena o ka US Open. Ua hāʻule ʻo ia i kahi pāʻani poina ʻole iā Stefanos Tsitsipas, ke kolu o ka punahele o ka hoʻokūkū, a ua kau ʻia ma nā lehelehe o kēlā me kēia: ʻO kēia ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka tennis?
Ua pane mai ka Murcian: ʻAʻole wau he hōkū pana. I kēia Pōʻalima, ma kēlā pā hale polū ʻo New York kahi i ʻuwē nui ai kona mau kapuwaʻa, i kona ʻike mua ʻana i ka semifinal nui, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi tiketi kū ʻole i ka piko o ka tennis honua. Ua lanakila ʻo ia iā Frances Tiafoe me ka hoʻoikaika nui (6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-7, 6-3) a i kēia Lāpule e hoʻokūkū ʻo ia no kāna 'nui' mua a me ka helu ʻekahi honua.
No ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia, pono ʻo ia e lanakila iā Casper Ruud, kekahi mea pāʻani tennis i kū i kēia kau. Ua lanakila ka Norewai i kāna semi-final e kūʻē i ka Lūkini Karen Kachanov a ua like ia me Alcaraz: ke koho nei ʻo ia e lanakila i kāna 'nui' mua (hiki ʻo ia i ka hopena ma Roland Garros) a, inā e hana ʻo ia, e lawe pū ʻo ia. ka makana helu ekahi.
He mea hoihoi a lōʻihi hoʻi ka duel a Tiafoe, kahi mea e hoʻopōʻino ai ʻo Alcaraz i ka lehulehu o New York. ʻAʻole ia he ʻuʻuku nā tiketi, akā ʻaʻole hiki i ko New York ke uku liʻiliʻi e ʻike i ka Murcian, nāna e hōʻike i kēlā me kēia hiʻohiʻona. A i ʻole e noi i ka uku hoʻemi no ka cardiologist.
I ka hihia o ka hoʻokūkū me Tiafoe, ʻoi aku ka ʻino o ka epic. No ka mea, ua ʻike ʻo Alcaraz iā ia iho me ka piʻi ʻana o ka pāʻani i lalo, ʻoluʻolu, me nā wahi haʻihaʻi nui a me kahi helu hoʻokūkū e hoʻopakele ai i ka nui o ka ʻeha. Akā ua huikau ʻo ia a hiki i kona hoʻopau ʻana.
Loaʻa nā manawa kūpono
Ua komo ʻo Tiafoe i ka semi-final piha. Ua nalowale ʻo ia i hoʻokahi set i ka hoʻokūkū, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea i lanakila ai iā Rafael Nadal i ka pāʻani mua, ka puni o 5. Akā i mua ona he mea pāʻani tennis me ka manaʻo noʻonoʻo o ka maʻamau, ʻoi aku ma mua o nā pāʻani marathon o XNUMX sets, a hiki i ke kakahiaka nui. I ka quarterfinals, kū'ē i ka Italian Jannik Sinner, e hoʻi mai ana mai kahi hoʻokūkū.
"He bipi wau!" Ua hoʻōho ʻo Carlos Alcaraz i ka pō ʻē aʻe i kāna pahu, i ka puni o XNUMX, i ka hopena o kā lākou pāʻani ʻelima a me ka hapahā o ka Sinner. Akā i kēia Pōʻalima, ʻo ia, ʻaʻole ʻo Tiafoe, ka mea i lawe mua i ka huila kaʻa. Ua nalowale ʻo ia i ka hoʻonohonoho mua ma muli o nā kikoʻī a ua lilo ka pāʻani i mea paʻakikī.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻAmelika me ka ikaika like āna i hōʻike ai i ka hoʻokūkū. Ma ka US Open ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Serena Williams, ua hōʻoia ʻo Tiafoe iā ia iho i ke kiʻi o ka tennis ma ke kaiāulu ʻeleʻele ma US, no laila e hōʻike ana i kahi hōʻike liʻiliʻi loa.
ʻO ia ka ʻAmelika ʻeleʻele mua i ka 1972 New York semifinals, me Arthur Ashe, ka paionia e hāʻawi i ka helu i ke kikowaena. A i loko o kahi panorama ʻAmelika ʻeleʻele i nā hui kāne no nā makahiki he mau makahiki, ʻaʻohe kiʻi e like me Andy Roddick a i ʻole, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, ʻo Pete Sampras.
“E hele ʻo Tiafoe!” ʻo Michelle Obama i aloha ai i kona kū ʻana i mua o ka pahupaʻikiʻi, ua hoʻohauʻoli ʻia. ʻO ka lede mua mua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma hope, ma ka lālani ʻelua, a hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia me kāna. E hoʻomaikaʻi wale i nā manaʻo o ʻAmelika.
A hāʻawi ʻo Alcaraz iā ia i nā kumu he nui. ʻAʻole i loaʻa i ka pōʻai mua ka tennis maikaʻi loa, akā ua hoʻololi ʻia nā mea i hoʻopiha i ka nūhou. ʻO kekahi mea kupanaha loa i lele ai ʻo Tiafoe ma luna o ka ʻupena a hana ʻo ia i ka 'hele ma kēlā ala!' me kona lima, me ka minoʻaka ma kona waha, ʻo Alcaraz pū kekahi a me kahi kokoke i 24.000 poʻe i hoʻopiha i ke kahua pāʻani.
He mea paʻakikī iā Alcaraz ka loaʻa ʻana o ke mele i kēlā hoʻonohonoho mua. Ua ho'āʻo wau e hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ke koena, akā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke wehe i kekahi puka. Ua nele ʻo ia i nā manawa e 'haha'i ai, a ua pau kāna uku.
ʻO ia ka mea i hoʻomaha ai ka hoʻonohonoho, kahi ʻāina i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Tiafoe i kēia makahiki ma New York. ʻO nā make eono i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia a hiki i ka Pōʻalima, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hala. ʻAʻole kēia he ʻokoʻa, a ua lanakila ʻia no nā kikoʻī, e like me kahi lawelawe pololei nui mai ka ʻAmelika a me kahi hewa pālua ʻelua mai ka Spaniard.
He hoʻonohonoho kūʻē iā Alcaraz. ʻO ia ka manawa e hoe ai, e like me nā pāʻani mau loa e kūʻē iā Marin Cilic (wahi ʻewalu) a me Sinner. Ua hoʻokō ʻo Alcaraz. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kona ʻākau a ua hoʻomaka ʻo Tiafoe e paʻakikī i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hui. "Ma ka lua o ka lawelawe, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike maopopo, paʻi ikaika a ma waena," wahi a kāna kumu, ʻo Juan Carlos Ferrero, mai ke kihi. A ua ʻike maopopo ka Spaniard, ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe: ʻaʻole paʻakikī iā ia ke hoʻohana pono i kāna mau pōlele hoʻomaha a lanakila ʻo ia me ka ʻoluʻolu.
Me ka pili ʻana o ka pāʻani i ʻelua set, ʻaʻole i hoe ʻo Alcaraz. Hoʻokomo ʻo ia i ke kaʻa waho. Ua lanakila ʻo ia iā Tiafoe, ua hoʻopau ʻia ʻo ia e ka ikaika o ka hui a me ka nalowale o nā hewa ma Murciano. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka manawa i ka 2-0 no ka poʻe Sepania i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻehā, me he mea lā e make ana ka duel i kona makemake.
Ka ikaika o ka noʻonoʻo
ʻO ka pāʻani naʻe, ua huikau iā ia. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Alcaraz lāua ʻo Tiafoe i ʻehā mau hoʻomaha lawelawe. Ua ola ka ʻAmelika i ka huikau. Ua lanakila ʻo Murcian i nā pāʻani a ua haki i kāna lawelawe, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka mamao. “E koa, koa!” wahi a lākou mai ke kihi, a ua hewa paha ʻo ia. I ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna helu hoʻokūkū, ma kahi hui alakaʻi, ua hoʻolei ʻo ia i kahi pana kulu. Ua hōʻea ʻo Tiafoe, e like me Alcaraz, a hoʻihoʻi mai i kahi ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me ka make. E hoe hou aku.
Mahalo paha ʻo Alcaraz i ka wā lōʻihi no ka mea i hana ʻia aʻe: ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i ka hoʻonohonoho i ka nalowale i kahi hoʻomaha hoʻopaʻa hou, e hoʻopau ana me ʻelua mau lima ma waho. ʻO kahi pāʻani ʻoluʻolu e lilo i moeʻuhane noʻonoʻo: pono ʻo ia e lanakila hou i kāna mea i lanakila ai, me ka aneane ʻumikūmāhā mau hola o ka tennis ma kona mau wāwae i nā lā ʻelima wale nō, ma 19 mau makahiki, i kona ʻike mua ʻana i nā semifinals.
Ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka hoʻokūkū, lanakila ʻo ia i ka set ʻelima a ua loaʻa i kāna tennis he hoʻokahi notch. He mea maikaʻi loa iā ia no ka hopena hope e kūʻē iā Ruud, me ka ʻoi aku o ka ʻike ma nā 'bigs' ma mua ona a ʻo ia ke ana maikaʻi loa i kona mau aʻalolo.
"He mea ʻeha loa kēia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Tiafoe ma ke kahua i ka pau ʻana o ka pāʻani, hauʻoli ma hope o kahi pāʻani i hāʻawi ai i kāna mau mea āpau. "E hoʻi ana au a lanakila wau i kēia lā, kala mai au," i kanikau ai ʻo ia i ka lehulehu.
"I nā semifinals pono ʻoe e hāʻawi i nā mea āpau, e hakakā a hiki i ka pōleʻa hope, ʻaʻohe mea pili inā ʻoe e hakakā ana no ʻelima mau hola a ʻeono paha," wahi a ka Murcian, me ka ʻakaʻaka i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kona mau maka. "Pono wau e hoʻomalu i koʻu mau aʻalolo i kaʻu hope Grand Slam mua, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo, hauʻoli nui wau a hauʻoli wau i kēlā me kēia manawa. E ʻike mākou i ka mea e hiki mai ana ".
"He mea kupaianaha ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai i kēia lā," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma hope ma ka ʻōlelo Sepania, ma hope o ʻehā hola a me iwakālua mau minuke o ke kaua. "ʻEkolu mau pāʻani ʻelima, lōʻihi loa, koi nui," i hoʻohui ai ʻo ia e pili ana i kā lākou puni o XNUMX, quarterfinal a me semifinal match. "ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he ikaika koʻu mahalo iā ʻoe, paipai ʻoe iaʻu i kēlā me kēia manawa, kēlā me kēia kinipōpō," hoʻolaʻa ʻo ia i ka lehulehu. Ke kali nei lākou iā ʻoe no ka hopena nui i kēia Lāpule. Also poʻe cardiologists.
