Dylan Bettencourt
Isihlabani somdlalo womphebezo wase-Tunisia u-Ons Jabeur usalelwe umdlalo owodwa kuphela ukuthi abe ngowesifazane wokuqala wase-Afrika ukuwina i-Grand Slam ngemuva kokuwina owandulela owamanqamu we-Wimbledon.
UJabeur ubebhekene nomngani wakhe omkhulu uTatjana Maria ngoLwesine. Ubungani babo bukhohlakale zisuka nje ngesikhathi u-Jabeur emhlula.
Lo mdlali (27) uthole isethi yokuqala engu-6-2 ngendlela evamile kanti ubebukeka esendleleni yokuzozibekisela indawo kowamanqamu.
Kodwa-ke uMaria ubengazimisele ukuhlulwa umngani wakhe, wawina isethi yesibili kanti uJabeur obebukeka edangele.
Kodwa uJabeur wenze ezibukwayo ngesikhathi ebuya ngamandla kwisethi yesithathu neyokugcina, ehlula imbangi yakhe ngesikhathi ehola phambili ngo 5-0.
Ubuye ngamandla ngemuva kokuphoxeka ngokuhlulwa kwisethi eyandulela leyo, wawina isethi yokugcina ngo 6-1.
Isenzo esimaphakathi bekuyisikhubekiso esincane kulokho okubonakale kuwumdlalo omuhle kakhulu ovela kuJabeur.
Yize bekungewona umdlalo wokunethezeka, uJabeur ukhombise izimpawu zokuthi kungani eyintandokazi yokuwina i-Grand Slam yesithathu yonyaka.
Ukuziphatha kwakhe nendlela adlala ngayo kwenza kube nzima kwizimbangi zakhe ezibhekana naye kulo mqhudelwano.
UJabeur uthe ugqugquzelekile ukuthi aqophe umlando ngoMgqibelo futhi wenze konke ukuze azimisele ngokwenza lokho.
Njengoba esethubeni lokuqopha umlando e-Afrika, angenza omunye umlando kubo bonke abadlali abangama-Arab.
UJabeur ube ngumdlali wokuqala oyi-Arab, owesilisa noma owesifazane, ukungena kwabane abahamba phambili kowandulela owamanqamu we-Wimbledon. Ukuwina kwakhe ngoMgqibelo kuzomenza abe umdlali wokuqala wase-Afrika noyi-Arab ukuwina lesi sicoco.
Manje uJabeur uzobhekena no-Elena Rybakina noma uSimona Halep, abazobhekana kowandulela owamanqamu wesibili wosuku.
Umdlalo wamanqamu wabesifazane uzoqala ngoMgqibelo ngo-3 ntambama njengoba uJabeur ezimisele ngokuqopha umlando. Akungangabazeki ukuthi uzoba nentwasahlobo enhle uma ephumelela.
Umthombo wesithombe: @Wimbledon