Dylan Bettencourt
UCoco Gauff kulindeleke ukuthi alandele ezinyathelweni zentandokazi yakhe uSerena Williams.
Lo mdlali osemncane waseMelika uzongena kwabayishumi abahamba phambili emhlabeni okokuqala ngqa emsebenzini wakhe, njengoba efinyelele kuma-quarterfinal e-US Open yokuqala.
UGauff wehlule imbangi yakhe yase-China uZhang Shaui ngo-7-5, 7-5 ngoMsombuluko ebusuku ukuze adlulele kwinombolo yesishiyagalombili ye-Grand Slam okuyiyona yokugcina yonyaka e-New York.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-18 ubudala useke wafinyelela kowamanqamu e-Grand Slam kwi-French Open lapho ehlulwe khona u-Iga Swiatek.
Uveze ikhono lakhe lokuphumelela njengoSerena Williams, kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi uthandwa kakhulu izihlwele.
“Enguqukweni ka-6-5, abantu bebengeseka ‘bememeza igama lami ’. Bengizama ukungamamatheki,” kusho uGauff ngemuva kokunqoba kwakhe.
“Bekufanele ngizibambe njengoba bengizama ngayo yonke indlela ukuthi ngingamamatheki. Lo mzuzu awukholakali. E-Arthur Ashe Stadium abantu bacula igama lami. Ngizizwa sengathi ngisemdlalweni we-NBA.”
UGauff ubelokhu ebheke kodade bakwaWilliams.
“Bengibukela kuSerena Williams kanye noVenus. Yisona sizathu esenze ngafuna ukuthatha i-racquet yethenisi.”
Manje sekuyisikhathi sokuthi uGauff afake isicelo sakhe sokuba ngowokuqala kwithenisi yabesifazane aqale ngokuwina i-Grand Slam yakhe yokuqala.
Ngeshwa uGauff usavinjelwe uSwiatek osamile endleleni yakhe, kodwa ukuze alandele ezinyathelweni zikaSerena, kufanele anqobe.
UGauff uzobe enethemba lokuthi uzophinde aphumelele ngokuhlula isitha sase-France uCaroline Garcia ukuze afinyelele kowandulela owamanqamu okuqala e-US Open ngoLwesithathu.
Umdlalo wamanqamu uGauff anethemba lokuthi uzoba ingxenye yawo, uhlelelwe uMgqibelo ebusuku.
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