URafa Nadal waseSpain wathetha ngokuchasene nosompempe waseCalifornia ngokuthanda izohlwayo ezibukhali ngakumbi zokuziphatha ezifana neka-Alexander Zverev kukhuphiswano lwamva nje lwase-Acapulco, apho iJamani yaqhankqalaza ngobundlobongela ngokuchasene nosompempe esitulweni sakhe ngerakethi. UZverev wachithwa ngokukhawuleza kwi-tournament ngoFebruwari kwaye kule veki i-ATP yacela i-$ 25,000 eyongezelelweyo kunye nokuvinjelwa kweenyanga ezimbini, kodwa le miqathango yabekwa ixesha elide ukuba iJamani ayizange iphinde iphule imithetho kwakhona ngonyaka.
“Kwelinye icala, kunzima ukuthetha ngokuma kwam kuba ndinobudlelwane obuhle no-'Sascha' (Zverev). Kukho umntu endimthandayo endizilolonga naye rhoqo”, utshilo uNadal kwinkomfa yabezindaba phambi kokuba akwazi ukuthatha inxaxheba kwi-Indian Wells Masters 1000.
“Ndimnqwenelela okuhle kodwa. Uyazi ukuba wayephazama kwaye wayibona ngokukhawuleza, ”utshilo. "Kodwa kwelinye icala, ukuba asikwazi ukulawula olu hlobo lwesenzo enkundleni, kwaye ezinye izinto zenzekile kwiinyanga zamva nje (...) kunye nokudala umgaqo okanye indlela yokohlwaya olu hlobo lwesenzo ngendlela engaphezulu. kunzima, ke thina badlali siziva somelele kwaye somelele”, uxoxile. "Kwaye ngokoluvo lwam, kwezemidlalo kufuneka sibe ngumzekelo omhle ngakumbi kubantwana."
“Ke, kwelinye icala, andifuni sohlwayo kuSascha (…) kodwa kwelinye icala, njengomlandeli walo mdlalo, ndingathanda ukubona into enzima ngolu hlobo lwesimo sengqondo kuba ngendlela ikhusela ezemidlalo, oosompempe sele bebonke abakhoyo”, washwankathela uNadal.
Amanani amaninzi e-tennis, afana ne-American Serena Williams, aye agxeka i-ATP ngokuphendula kwayo kwindlela yokuziphatha yeZverev. Ngoqhanqalazo oluqatha olwathusa ihlabathi le-tennis, uZverev wachukumisa ngokuphindaphindiweyo isihlalo sejaji waza wavuma ngomlomo emva kokulahlekelwa kwakhe kabini kumdlalo we-Acapulco. UmJamani, owavumayo ukuba ukuziphatha kwakhe "akwamkelekanga" kwaye akazange amxolele usompempe, waba ngomnye wabadlali abakhulu bakaNadal kwi-Indian Wells kunye noDaniil Medvedev, inombolo yehlabathi elitsha.
UNadal, ophumelele ngo-2022, uvakalise ulonwabo lwakhe ngokukhuphisana nesihloko sesine kwi-Indian Wells (eCalifornia) kwisiqalo esihle sesizini apho aqokelele iindebe ezintathu ezingakumbi kumboniso wakhe. Phakathi kwezi zibini, ibe yintshinga ye-21 ye-Grand Slam ebhaliswe kwi-Australian Open, apho wagqitha khona u-Djokovic no-Roger Federer kolu gqatso.
Bendingalindelanga ukuba kwesi sikhundla,” wavuma watsho lo mdlali waseSpeyin oneminyaka engama-35 ubudala. "Ndiyonwabela yonke imihla kwaye ndizama ukugcina isimo sengqondo esifanelekileyo ukuze ndonwabele into yokuba ndidlala kakuhle kwaye ndiphumelele izihloko."
U-Nadal ukwavumile ukuba akukho themba lokuchacha ngokupheleleyo kwingxaki yakhe yonyawo lwasekhohlo, eyamgcina ngaphandle iinyanga ezintandathu kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kwaye wavuyisana naye ngokukwazi ukuqhubeka nokukhuphisana. “Ingxaki yonyawo ayisoze iphinde iphinde iphinde ibuye 100%. Kwezinye iintsuku ndiziva ndingcono kanti abanye bangamahlwempu. Oku kuya kuba kukulawula ingxaki kakuhle kwaye ufumane indlela yokudlala kangangoko ngaphandle kwemida, ”ucacisile.
“Ndinentlungu mihla le kwaye ndixhalatyiswa lunyawo lwam yonke imihla. Makhe sibone ukuba izinto zihamba njani, ngoku bendingenakonwaba ngakumbi,” utshilo. "Ndiye ndakwazi ukufumana indlela yokulungelelanisa umdlalo wam kwinto endiyidingayo ukuze ndikhuphisane: ezinye iintsuku ziba ndlongondlongo, ezinye zinobuchule, zikhusela ngakumbi."
Kwi-Indian Wells, uNadal uya kuqala ukuthatha inxaxheba kumjikelo wesibini ngomso ngokuchasene no-American Sebastian Korda, unyana womdlali we-tennis waseCzech uPetr Korda.
