Dylan Bettencourt
Akugcinanga nje ngokuthi uSerena Williams aphoqeleke ukuthi ahoxe ku-Wimbledon, kodwa abalandeli bakhe nabo bakhathazekile ngekusasa lakhe kulo mdlalo.
Emqhudelwaneni wakhe we-20th Wimbledon Grand Slam, uWilliams waya enkantolo ngomdlalo wakhe womzuliswano wokuqala no-Aliaksandra Sasnovich wase-Belarus. Ubehola phambili ngo-3-1 kwisethi yokuqala ngenkathi ehlehla walimala umsipha wakhe wangakwesokudla.
Waziqinisa kweminye imidlalo emibili ngaphambi kokuvuma ukuthi akakwazi ukuqhubeka, futhi wakubiza ngokuthi uyama ku-Wimbledon yalo nyaka.
Lo mdlali owine i-Wimbledon amahlandla ayisikhombisa ubhale ku-Instagram ukuthi: “Uthando nokubonga kwami kuya kubalandeli neqembu ebenza ukuthi ukuba enkundleni kube nenjongo. Ukuzwa imfudumalo nokusekelwa okuxakile kwezixuku namuhla ngenkathi ngiqhubeka – futhi ngihamba – kusho lukhulu kimi.”
UWilliams uneziqu ezingama-23 ze-Grand Slam egameni lakhe ngoMargaret Court ophethe irekhodi lama-Slams angama-24. Mhlawumbe inkundla yase-London ngeke iphinde ibone usaziwayo waseMelika esebenza kodwa uWilliams ngaphandle kokungabaza uzoqhubeka nokukhuthazeka ukwedlula irekhodi lika-Court.
Bobabili uRoger Federer noAndy Murray baphawule ngenkundla eshelelayo nokuthi iyingozi kangakanani. Bathe kunzima kakhulu ukuhamba e-Wimbledon kulo nyaka.
Umthombo wesithombe: @WTA