Isenzo sikaCarlos Alcaraz singenye yenjabulo ekhathele noma yokukhathala okujabulisayo. Ibekwe esitezi sama-36 sesakhiwo esinamabhilidi e-Manhattan, esinombono oyinhlanhla phezu kophahla lwe-Midtown kanye nezindlu zamathiyetha e-Broadway. U-Eighth Avenue unabe ezinyaweni zakhe, abadlulayo babukeka njengezintuthwane ezinesiyezi. Usezingeni eliphezulu kuthenisi.
Emahoreni ambalwa edlule uphakamise indebe ye-US Open, 'enkulu' yakhe yokuqala, futhi useneminyaka engu-19, waba ngowokuqala emhlabeni wonke emlandweni. Isemilonyeni yawo wonke umuntu. Liwukhanyisile umuzi wokukhanya. Igcine idolobha elingalali ubusuku bonke. Futhi ingxenye yeSpain. Ngesonto lesibili lomqhudelwano, unikeze amandla, imizwa, umbukwane, amaphuzu angasoze awakhohlwa, ukubuya, imijaho engenakwenzeka kanye nokumamatheka okuningi.
Njengoba eseyinkosi yomhlaba wonke yethenisi, ukhuluma ne-ABC kanye neminye imithombo yezindaba yaseSpain elandele izinyathelo zakhe eduze kwe-New York. Ivela nge-skinny jeans, i-tracksuit ye-neuf kanye nama-Jordans akudala. Ngobusuku bangaphambili, ugubhe ukunqoba nomndeni nabangane endaweni yokudlela yasePeru futhi lokho mhlawumbe kwengeza iphuzu lokukhathala ekushayweni akuthole kulo mqhudelwano. Kodwa akantuli ukumamatheka.
Ngesikhathi se-US Open, akuzange kube nzima kuye ukuvuma ukuthi iphupho lakhe njalo kwakuwukuba "inombolo yokuqala". Ukuncoma. Okunye futhi nokuwina okukhulu, into eye yamelana nabadlali bezinga eliphezulu (icala elicacile, elikaDavid Ferrer waseSpain). Yini ekugqugquzelayo manje? “Dlala noRoger Federer,” usho kanje ngaphandle kokunanaza. "Njengamanje nginamathuba ambalwa (uSwiss useneminyaka engu-41 ubudala futhi usebophe amaketanga amaningana okwenza ukubuyela ezingeni eliphezulu kube nzima kakhulu), kodwa yinto engingathanda." Kepha u-Alcaraz uyama, uyakhombisa, ubheka emehlweni akhe futhi andisa impendulo yakhe ngesifiso esengeziwe. "Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ngiwine elinye lamaBig Three kuGrand Slam," kusho uRafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic kanye noFederer ngokwakhe. "Wayesho njalo ukuthi ukuze ube ongcono kakhulu kufanele ushaye umhlabeleli."
Okungcono kakhulu, okwamanje, nguye. Kwabangcono kakhulu emlandweni, ngubani ohamba phambili ngu-Nadal, oqoqa ama-22 'omkhulu' futhi ongakahlulwa yigumbi lokuncintisana. Sikwenze kuleli sonto eNew York, lapho eqinisekisa ukuthi ukhetha u-Alcaraz ukuthi angathathi inombolo yokuqala, aphinde akhetha yona: "Kukhulu ukuthi akukhona ukuthi uma bengingeke ngibe, akufanele ube ngumzenzisi, " wazivikela..
Manje, u-Alcaraz uvule umsebenzi wakhe ngenani 'lamakhulu', lapho ahlukaniswa khona ibanga elide ukusuka ku-Nadal.
Uncamela ukuthi uNadal angabe esawina kakhulu, ukuze akwazi ukusondela?
Cha, lokho kuhamba, mahhala. Ngiyohlale ngiziqhenya ngokuthi uRafa uwine 'okukhulu'. Futhi, ngokusobala, uma ngeshwa ngihlulwa ku-'Grand Slam', ngizobe ngijabulela ukuthi awine. Ngiyohlala nginomuntu waseSpain futhi ngihalalisela umuntu waseSpain. Futhi ngiwine 'enkulu' kuphela, angizizwa ngisondelene naye. Okwamanje, ngizocabanga ngesesibili, ukuthi bambalwa kakhulu abantu abasizuzile.
Lokho abaningi abebekulindele kuwe kuyaqala ukufezeka. Ingabe uzizwa ukhethiwe?
Cha akekho umuntu okunika lutho kumele kusetshenzwe. Ukufika inombolo yokuqala akubanga umbhede wama roses, kodwa ukuhlupheka. Kubuye kube nezikhathi ezimbi zokufika kulo mzuzu.
Wesabani?
Njengomdlali wethenisi, ngiyesaba ukuphoxa. Ukudumaza bonke abantu bami. Hhayi ukuba sezingeni. Njengomfana ojwayelekile, ngesaba izinto eziningi. Ebumnyameni. Akayena futhi umlandeli wamafilimu amadala. Izicabucabu. Ziningi ezinye izinto.
Lapho ungakaze ubonwe ukwesaba kusendleleni, kunjani ukuzilungiselela kwakho ngokwengqondo?
Bengisebenza nodokotela wezengqondo kusukela ngo-2019, u-Isabel Balaguer. Ungenye yezimbangela eziyinhloko ukuthi angaba inombolo yokuqala emhlabeni namuhla. Wathuthuka kakhulu ngenxa yakhe. Ithenisi idinga kakhulu. Isonto nesonto, Unyaka wonke kufanele ube musha ngokomqondo, ukwazi ukumelana nengcindezi, ukuthi wonke umuntu unamehlo akhe kuwe.
Ingabe iyakusiza futhi? Indlela yokuvula isifuba nabantu, nabezindaba...
Cha, kulesi sici ngikhombisa lokho engiyikho. Kodwa ekugcineni kuba nezikhathi ezithile lapho kuba namandla futhi ekunikeza izeluleko zokuthi ungabhekana kanjani nakho.
Wathi uyaziqhenya ngokuba uMurcian neSpanishi. Ingabe unentshisekelo kwezombusazwe?
Cha, iqiniso ukuthi angikunaki kakhulu. Uma kufika isikhathi, ngizobona ukuthi uvotile noma cha. Kodwa ngiyaziqhenya ngokuba uMurcian nokuba iSpanishi. Futhi ngikusho ngokukhulu ukuziqhenya.
Manje, bona indlu. Wenzani ngaphandle kwethenisi?
Yiba umfana oyisisekelo. Okuyisisekelo kakhulu yilokho engikujabulela kakhulu. Ukuba nabangane abahlanu noma abayisithupha nihlezi ebhentshini, emotweni, endlini, nixoxa, nizijabulisa, nihleka, nixoxelana izindaba ezimnandi. Kuyangijabulisa lokho.
