UBen Shelton Unqobe uCarlos Alcaraz Emdlalweni We-US Open Ophele Sekwephuze Kakhulu Emlandweni

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Ngokombiko we-France 24, uBen Shelton unqobe umpetha ovikela isicoco se-US Open, uCarlos Alcaraz, ngo-6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10/7) kuma-quarter-final athathe amahora angu-4 nemizuzu engu-28, aphela ngo-3:34 ekuseni ngoLwesithathu, okuyisikhathi sokuphela esiphuzile kunazo zonke emlandweni waseFlushing Meadows. UShelton manje uzobhekana noFrances Tiafoe kowandulela owamanqamu abadlalwa abaseMelika bodwa, kanti u-Aryna Sabalenka unqobe uLinda Noskova futhi uzobhekana noJessica Pegula.

Kungani Lokhu Kubalulekile

Ukuvikela isicoco kuka-Alcaraz kuphelile, kanti umqhudelwano wabesilisa usuphenduke ngokuzumayo umncintiswano wabaseMelika ababili wokuthola indawo kowamanqamu. Lona ngumongo osobala wendaba. Okuyinkimbinkimbi futhi okuthakazelisa kakhulu yindaba yokululama: ukunqoba kukaShelton bekuyisibonakaliso esimangalisayo samandla omzimba, kodwa kuphinde kwamthola eqeda umdlalo wamasethi amahlanu ngesikhathi iningi laseNew York lilele.

UShelton usevele ukhombisile ukuthi angamelana nempi ende nompetha ovikela isicoco. Umbuzo olandelayo ngowokuthi lowo mzamo uzomnika yini ukuzethemba okwengeziwe noma uzomkhokhisa emdlalweni owandulela owamanqamu. NoTiafoe ubuye wanqoba emdlalweni wamasethi amahlanu, ngakho akekho kubo ofika esaphumule ngokwanele. Kodwa ukuqeda kukaShelton sekwephuze kakhulu kwenza ingozi yokukhathala ibe nkulu nakakhulu.

Indlela kaSabalenka nayo inendawo yayo yengcindezi. Ngokombiko, unqobe uPegula kowamanqamu ka-2024 nasemdlalweni owandulela owamanqamu wangonyaka odlule. Ngakho uPegula akazami nje ukufinyelela komunye umdlalo wamanqamu; uzama ukuguqula isifaniso semiphumela yakamuva emidlalweni yakhe noSabalenka.

Ukuhlolwa komthelela

• UBen Shelton: Uthola indawo kowandulela owamanqamu ngemuva kokukhipha umpetha ovikela isicoco, kodwa ukuphela komdlalo ngo-3:34 ekuseni kunganciphisa isikhathi sakhe sokululama ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo. Uma ukunyakaza kwakhe nokushaya kwakhe ama-serve kuhlala kuqinile, ukunqoba u-Alcaraz kungaba yisisekelo sempumelelo elandelayo; uma kwehla ngasekupheleni, kungavulela uTiafoe ithuba.

• UFrances Tiafoe: Ukubuya kwakhe emdlalweni abhekene nawo no-Alex Michelsen kumnika indlela eqondile eya kowamanqamu ngokunqoba uShelton. Angahlola ukuthi ukuphela komdlalo sekwephuze kushiye uShelton esengozini yini ekudlalelaneni okude, ikakhulukazi uma umdlalo uphinda weluleka kakhulu.

• UCarlos Alcaraz: Umthelela osheshayo usobala: umzamo wakhe wokugcina isicoco uphela emqhudelwaneni wakhe wokuqala ngemuva kokungadlali izinyanga ezine ngenxa yokulimala. Ukuphuma kwakhe kuphinde kususe umpetha ovikela isicoco kubadlali besilisa abasele.

• Umdlalo wamanqamu we-US Open: Kuqinisekisiwe ukuthi owesilisa waseMelika uzofinyelela kuwo. Lokho kushintsha indlela impelasonto yokuvala umcimbi ezobukeka ngayo, nakuba kungakaziwa ukuthi ubani ozoba umpetha.

Izimo ezingase zenzeke

Umbono wethu (ukuqagela okunolwazi): umdlalo owandulela owamanqamu kaShelton noTiafoe cishe uzonqunywa ukuthi ubani ongakwazi ukugcina izinga lakhe ngasekupheleni, ngoba bobabili bafinyelele kuwo ngemidlalo yama-quarter-final ehambe ibanga eligcwele kanti uShelton uqede sekwephuze kakhulu.

Okungenzeka kakhulu: Uma bobabili bengena enkundleni ngaphandle kokukhawuleleka okusobala ngokomzimba, umdlalo owandulela owamanqamu uzokhipha owesilisa waseMelika ozodlala kowamanqamu, kanti amandla okugcina izinga ekupheleni kwamasethi azoba yisici esibalulekile. Ukululama kukaShelton kuzobaluleka kakhulu njengoba ukudlalelana kweluleka; umdlalo osheshayo lapho kungabonakali khona ukwehla kwakhe unganciphisa ukubaluleka kwalokho.

Okungcono kakhulu: Uma uShelton ebuyela esimweni esigcwele futhi egcina indlela yokudlala enamandla nekwazi ukuzivumelanisa nezimo eyanconywa ngu-Alcaraz, angadlulisela ukunqoba kwakhe okumangazayo aye nakho kowamanqamu. Ama-serve aqhubeka ngesivinini nokunyakaza okuhle kusukela ekuqaleni kungasekela leyo ndlela.

Okubi kakhulu: Uma ama-quarter-final athathe amahora angu-4 nemizuzu engu-28 eseqede amandla kaShelton agcinelwa ukuphela komdlalo, uTiafoe angathola inzuzo kumasethi amade noma ku-tiebreak yokunquma futhi afinyelele kowamanqamu esikhundleni sakhe. Ukunyakaza okunciphile, ama-serve abuthakathaka noma ukwehla okubonakalayo kwamandla okukhuthazela kungakhomba kulokho.

Okulandelayo okufanele kubhekwe

• Izinga likaShelton ngokomzimba ebhekene noTiafoe: ukuthi uyancintisana yini ngaphandle komkhawulo osobala ngemuva kokuqeda umdlalo ngesikhathi esiphuzile kunazo zonke emlandweni.
• Umphumela womdlalo kaShelton noTiafoe: owinile uthatha indawo eqinisekisiwe yaseMelika kowamanqamu.
• USabalenka ebhekene noPegula: ukuthi uSabalenka uyayandisa yini inzuzo yakhe yakamuva ebikiwe noma uPegula uyayiguqula.