Unyaka wokubuya okumangalisayo ufinyelele esiphethweni esifanele uSerena Williams ngokuwina kwakhe iWTA Championships eSinan Erdem Dome.
Iminyaka yakamuva ikhombisile ukuthi i-Istanbul ithanda ukubuya okuhle. Ngesikhathi somdlalo wamanqamu we-WTA Championship, u-Serena Williams akazange avumele imbangi yakhe u-Maria Sharapova ukuthi ibuyele emdlalweni, emdlalweni obuvale unyaka wokubuya kwe-American.
Ngokungafani nokunye ukunqoba okudumile okubuya e-Istanbul okufana nokunqoba kweLiverpool ne-Olympiacos ku-UEFAChampions League ka-2005 kanye ne-Euroleague Final Four ka-2012, lokhu kubuya akuzange kwenzeke phakathi nomdlalo. Ukunqoba okuhleliwe ngo-Oct. 28 kudlule unyaka omuhle ka-Williams, lapho awina khona imicimbi emibili ye-Grand Slam, indondo yegolide eyodwa yama-Olympic futhi ekugcineni umqhudelwano wokuphela konyaka. Ukubuya okuphelele komdlali owayehle waze wafika ku-175 ohlwini lwe-WTA ehlobo lika-2011 njengoba ebhekane nokulimala, ukugula kanye nezinkinga zomuntu siqu.
Ngesonto eledlule, umdlali waseShayina uLi Na uthe, “Uma [uWilliams] esengamaphesenti angu-100, akunakwenzeka ukumshaya.” Kusobala ukuthi wayeqinisile. Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka isithangami sabezindaba ngemuva kokushaya uSharapova engazange amvumele ngisho u-Russia ukuthi asondele, lo mbhali weDaily News uthole ithuba lokubuza umpetha ukuthi uzizwa engenakunqotshwa ngempela yini.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi kuyisitatimende esiyiqiniso, ngaphandle kokuzama ukuzwakala ngigcwele mina noma yini,” kusho yena. “Bengihlala ngithi uma ngidlala kahle futhi ngenza konke ngendlela, kuba nzima ukungihlula. Ngisakukholelwa lokho.”
Okuhle kakhulu
Selokhu ahlulwa ku-French Open, uWilliams wehlulwe umdlalo owodwa nje vo, into emangazayo yenze kwamangaza kakhulu ukuthi ulahle amasethi amane kuphela. Akukho neyodwa yazo eyenzeka e-Istanbul. Emqhudelwaneni wezinsuku eziyisithupha edolobheni laseTurkey, uWilliams wafakazela ukuthi ngempela ungumdlali onamandla kunabo bonke kumdlalo wabesifazane, ehlasela bonke abamelene naye eSinan Erdem Dome.
Umdlalo wamanqamu, odonse abalandeli abangu-16,410 13,676, kusukela kwabangu-XNUMX XNUMX wangonyaka odlule, yiwona obushubile ekhekheni. USerena uthe i-Istanbul ibimuhle kakhulu kuye.
"Abalandeli baseTurkey lapha bayamangalisa, bahle futhi bayaseseka," kusho uSerena. “Angikaze ngibone izimpawu ezingaka ezingisekelayo.”
Abalandeli baseTurkey bakhombise uthando lwabo lwethenisi unyaka wesibili olandelanayo futhi bafakazele ukuthi bayazithanda nezinkanyezi zabo. Imiqhudelwano ye-WTA yangonyaka odlule ibe yimpumelelo, kodwa nakuba izakhamuzi eziningi zase-Istanbul zalishiya idolobha ziya e-Eid al-Adha, kulo nyaka zibe nokubonga okwengeziwe ngenxa yenkanyezi yezimbangi. Impi kaSharapova noSerena yokulwela lesi sicoco ibe yinhle kakhulu, ifinyelela obekulindelekile kowamanqamu.
Nokho, ekugcineni, uSerena wabonisa ukuthi ubani umphathi.
Uqede unyaka ngerekhodi lama-58-4 futhi wawina izicoco eziyisikhombisa, nokho uqede unyaka endaweni yesithathu ngemuva kukaVictoria Azarenka noSharapova baseBelarus. Yize uSerena engazange ancintisane emicimbini emibili eyisibopho ye-WTA e-Indian Wells naseBeijing futhi ubedlale imidlalo engaphansi kuka-20 kune-Azarenka, eshaye u-Azarenka amahlandla amahlanu kanye noSharapova kathathu kulo nyaka, ukubekwa kukaWilliams ekupheleni konyaka kwaphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nohlelo lokukleliswa kwe-WTA. .
“Kuyamangaza ukuwina ama-grand slam amabili, ama-Olympics, iMadrid kanye nama-Championship nokuba kunombolo yesithathu,” kusho umqeqeshi kaWilliams uPatrick Mouratoglou. "Uma kunesiphazamisi endaweni ethile, kufanele umuntu asithole."
Ngisho noma engekho, uSerena wasiqinisekisa ukuthi angaligcina leli fomu, futhi akungabazeki ukuthi uzophinde athathe indawo ephezulu esikhathini esithile ngonyaka ozayo. Ngesizini ka-2013 kuzophinde kubonakale uWilliams, onezicoco ze-Grand Slam ezingu-15, ezama ukubamba izingwazi zethenisi uChris Evert noMartina Navratilova, asebenqobe ama-majors angu-18. Ukuzama ukuphinda umsebenzi wakhe ka-2002 wokubamba zonke izicoco zeGrand Slam ngokunqoba okungenzeka ku-Australian Open neFrench Open nakho kuzoba semakhadini.
I-Istanbul izosingatha abadlali abayisishiyagalombili abahamba phambili emdlalweni ekupheleni kwesizini okwesithathu nokokugcina.
Lokho kuyisizathu esanele sokuqhubeka nokulinda uhlelo lwe-WTA Championships ka-2013.
(I-Hürriyet Daily News)
