URafael Nadal wayephambi koqikelelo, ngokuba yintoni umsebenzi wakhe, kwi-US Open. Watshitshiswa nguFrances Tiafoe emva kwemini yetropiki kumbindi weNew York, apho mhlawumbi umSpanish wayenenxalenye yentloko yakhe ebekwe iikhilomitha ezininzi ukusuka apho.
“Bendizilolonga kakuhle kwiveki ephelileyo. Kodwa xa ukhuphiswano luqala, izinga lam lehla, yinyani. Ngenxa yezizathu ezithile, andazi, mhlawumbi imiba yengqondo, kuba zininzi izinto ezenzekileyo kwezi nyanga zidlulileyo,” utshilo. Yayibhekisela kwiingxaki zomzimba—umonzakalo oliqela unyaka wonke, oye wakrazulwa sisisu eWimbledon—kukho imicimbi yobuqu, njengokutyelelwa esibhedlele ekupheleni kwenyanga ngumfazi wakhe, uMaría Francisca Perelló, okhulelweyo. .
"Akukho zizathu", bolekisa. “Kukho amaxesha apho umntu angakwazi ngayo yonke into aze abanye xa engakwazi. Kweli ityeli ichukumise okwesibini. Ndiyavuyisana nomchasi. Inyaniso ilula: khange ndidlale kakuhle, kwaye xa oko kusenzeka kufuneka uphulukane”.
Wachaza okwenzekayo kwezemidlalo: “Wayengakwazi ukugcina umgangatho wentenetya ophakamileyo kangangexesha elide. Khange ndikhawuleze ngokwaneleyo kwiintshukumo zam,” utshilo. “Kufuneka ukhawuleze kakhulu kwaye umncinci kakhulu. Kwaye andisekho ngelo xesha. "
Emva kokoyiswa, eyona nto iphambili kuNadal iphumile enkundleni. “Ndinezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu kunentenetya yeeweyitala,” utshilo malunga nendlela aza kujongana ngayo nesizini iphela. “Lixesha lokuba uqalise. Ibinzima iinyanga ezimbalwa. Lixesha lokuba uqale phantsi, ngokuthetha ngobuchwephesha. Ngoku lixesha lokuba nomntwana wokuqala kwaye uthembele ukuba yonke into iya kuhamba kakuhle.
Ngaphandle kolu kuphazamiseka, uNadal unokushiya iNew York 'enkulu' njengendawo yokuqala kwihlabathi. Uya kuyizuza ukuba akukho uCasper Ruud okanye uCarlos Alcaraz abafike kumdlalo wokugqibela wetumente.
Ngokuphathelele inkwenkwezi encinci yaseSpain, eya kuba yinombolo encinci kwimbali, uNadal uthe umnqwenelela "okungcono kakhulu" kwaye usayina "unyaka omnandi". Kodwa akazange afihle icala lakhe lokukhuphisana: "Kungcono ukuba kungekhona ngenxa yokuba ukuba andiyi kuba, akufanele ube ngumhanahanisi."
