Isenzo sikaCarlos Alcaraz sesinye solonwabo oludiniweyo okanye ukudinwa okumnandi. Ithe ngcu kumgangatho we-36 we-skyscraper yaseManhattan, inombono okhethekileyo phezu kophahla lwe-Midtown kunye ne-domes ye-Broadway theatre. I-Eighth Avenue inaba ezinyaweni zakhe, abadlulayo babonakala njengeembovane ezinesiyezi. Uphezulu kwintenetya.
Kwiiyure ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo uphakamise indebe yase-US Open, 'inkulu' yakhe yokuqala, kwaye uye waba, kwi-19, eyona ndawo incinci yehlabathi kwimbali. Isemilonyeni yomntu wonke. Ikhazimle isixeko sokukhanya. Igcine isixeko esingalaliyo ubusuku bonke. Kwaye isiqingatha saseSpain. Kwiveki yesibini yetumente, unike amandla, imvakalelo, umboniso, amanqaku angenakulibaleka, ukubuya, imidyarho engenakwenzeka kunye nokumomotheka okuninzi.
Emva kokuba yinkosi yehlabathi ye-tennis, uthetha no-ABC kunye namanye amajelo aseSpain alandele ngokusondeleyo amanyathelo akhe eNew York. Ibonakala kwi-skinny jeans, i-tracksuit ye-neuf kunye ne-Jordans zakudala. Ngobusuku obungaphambi koko, wabhiyozela uloyiso kunye nosapho kunye nabahlobo kwindawo yokutyela yasePeru kwaye mhlawumbi yongeza inqaku lokudinwa ekubetheni akufumene kukhuphiswano. Kodwa akaswele luncumo.
Ngexesha le-US Open, kwakungekho nzima kuye ukuba avume ukuba iphupha lakhe lalihlala "liyinombolo yokuqala". Ncoma. Kwakhona loo nto yokuphumelela enkulu, into eye yaxhathisa abadlali bezinga eliphezulu (elona tyala licacileyo, le-Spanish David Ferrer). Yintoni ekushukumisayo ngoku? Dlala ngokuchasene noRoger Federer, utshilo ngaphandle kokuthandabuza. "Okwangoku ndinamathuba ambalwa (iSwitzerland sele ineminyaka engama-41 ubudala kwaye ibophe amatyathanga amaninzi okwenza ukuba kube nzima kakhulu ukubuyela kwinqanaba eliphezulu), kodwa yinto endiyifunayo." Kodwa u-Alcaraz uyayeka, abonakalise, ajonge emehlweni akhe kwaye andise impendulo yakhe ngamabhongo ngakumbi. "Kwaye ndicinga ukuba ndiphumelele enye yeZithathu eziNtathu kwiGrand Slam," utshilo uRafael Nadal, uNovak Djokovic kunye noFederer ngokwakhe. "Wayesoloko esithi ukuze ube ngoyena ubalaseleyo kufuneka ubethe eyona nto ingcono."
Okona kulungileyo, ngoku, nguye. Oyena uphambili embalini, ngubani ongaphambili nguNadal, oqokelela ama-22 'omkhulu' kwaye ongakhange aphulukane negumbi lokhuphiswano. Siyenze kule veki eNew York, xa eqinisekisa ukuba ukhetha u-Alcaraz ukuba angathathi inombolo yokuqala, awayikhethayo: "Kukhulu ngakumbi ukuba akunjalo ngenxa yokuba ukuba andiyi kuba, akufanele ube ngumhanahanisi, "Wazithethelela..
Ngoku, u-Alcaraz uvule umsebenzi wakhe ngenani 'elikhulu', apho ahlulwe khona ngumgama omkhulu ukusuka kuNadal.
Ngaba ukhetha ukuba uNadal angaphindi aphumelele, akwazi ukusondela?
Hayi, oko kuhamba, akukho nto. Ndiya kuhlala ndinebhongo lokuba uRafa uphumelele 'enkulu'. Kwaye, ngokucacileyo, ukuba ngelishwa ndiphulukene ne-'Grand Slam', ndiya kumvuyisa ukuba aphumelele. Ndiya kuhlala ndikunye nomntu waseSpain kwaye ndivuyisana nomntu waseSpain. Kwaye ndiphumelele 'enkulu' kuphela, andiziva ndisondele kuye. Okwangoku, ndiza kucinga malunga nesibini, ukuba bambalwa kakhulu abantu abaphumeleleyo.
Oko abaninzi bebekulindele kuwe kuyaqalisa ukwenzeka. Ngaba uziva ukhethiweyo?
Hayi. Akukho mntu ukunika nto, izinto kufuneka zisetyenzwe. Ukufika kwindawo yokuqala akubanga yibhedi yeerozi, kodwa ukubandezeleka. Bekukho namaxesha amabi okufikelela kulo mzuzu.
Woyika ntoni?
Njengomdlali wentenetya, ndiyoyika ukuphoxeka. Ukuphoxa bonke abantu bam. Hayi ukuba kumgangatho. Njengomfana oqhelekileyo, ndiyoyika izinto ezininzi. Ebumnyameni. Kananjalo akanguye umlandeli weemuvi ezindala. Izigcawu. Zininzi nezinye izinto.
Apho ungazange ubonwe uloyiko lusendleleni, njani ukulungiswa kwakho kwengqondo?
Bendisebenza nogqirha wengqondo ukusukela ngo-2019, u-Isabel Balaguer. Ungomnye wezona zizathu ziphambili zokuba abe ngowokuqala emhlabeni namhlanje. Uye waphucuka kakhulu enkosi kuye. Ithenisi ifuna kakhulu. Iveki emva kweveki, Unyaka wonke kufuneka ube mtsha ngokwasengqondweni, ukwazi ukumelana noxinzelelo, ukuba wonke umntu unamehlo akhe kuwe.
Ngaba iyakunceda nawe ukuba ungonwabi? Indlela yokuvula nabantu, ngamajelo eendaba...
Hayi, kulo mba ndibonisa into endiyiyo. Kodwa ekugqibeleni kukwakho namaxesha athile xa inzima kwaye ikunika iingcebiso malunga nendlela yokujongana nayo.
Uthe uyazingca ngokuba nguMurcian kunye neSpanish. Ngaba unomdla kwezopolitiko?
Hayi, inyaniso kukuba andiyihoyi kakhulu. Xa ixesha lifikile, ndizobona ukuba uvotile okanye akavoti. Kodwa ndiyazingca ngokuba nguMurcian nokuba ngumSpanish. Kwaye nditsho ngokuzingca okukhulu.
Ngoku, bona indlu. Wenza ntoni ngaphandle kwentenetya?
Yiba yinkwenkwe esisiseko kakhulu. Eyona nto isisiseko yeyona nto ndiyithanda kakhulu. Ukuba nabahlobo abahlanu okanye abathandathu behleli esitulweni, emotweni, endlwini, nincokola, nizonwaba, nihleka, nibaliselana amabali. Oko kuyandonwabisa.
