U-Elena Rybakina uhlule u-Zheng ukuze afinyelele kowandulela owamanqamu we-US Open futhi aqinisekise indawo yokuqala

Okushintshile

Ngokombiko we-AP News, u-Elena Rybakina uhlule u-Zheng Qinwen ngo-3-6, 6-1, 6-4 ukuze afinyelele kowandulela owamanqamu we-U.S. Open okokuqala futhi aqinisekise ukuba sendaweni yokuqala ezilinganisweni ze-WTA lapho kukhishwa uhlu olusha ngoMsombuluko. Lo mphumela uphelisa amasonto angu-99 u-Aryna Sabalenka ewumdlali ohamba phambili ezilinganisweni; u-Rybakina uzodlala no-Coco Gauff noma u-Mirra Andreeva ngokulandelayo, kanti u-Sabalenka uzobhekana no-Jessica Pegula.

Nohambo luka-Zheng kulo mqhudelwano lubalulekile. Ngemva kokudlula emidlalweni yokuhlungela kulandela ukuhlinzwa kwendololwane, efike esendaweni ka-No. 121, umnqobi wendondo yegolide yama-Olympic ka-2024 uqinisekisiwe ukuthi uzobuyela kwabangama-60 abahamba phambili.

Kungani lokhu kubalulekile

Indawo yokuqala isinqunyiwe ngaphambi kokuthi kunqunywe umnqobi wendebe. Yikho lokhu okungajwayelekile: u-Rybakina usevele uthole isikhundla esivelele kunazo zonke esibuyekezwa masonto onke kulo mdlalo, kodwa usenemidlalo emibili okufanele ayinqobe ukuze lokho kuphenduke isicoco se-U.S. Open.

Kubaphikisi, lolu shintsho luyinto esebenzayo, hhayi eyomkhosi nje. Uma u-Rybakina egcina imiphumela yakhe iqinile, ukuhlelwa kwabadlali emiqhudelwaneni ezayo kungabeka umdlali omusha ohamba phambili phakathi kohlelo lokuhlungwa, kushintshe ukuthi ubani ozobhekana naye nokuthi nini. Ukubuya kuka-Zheng nakho kungaba nomthelela omkhulu ezindaweni eziphansi zezilinganiso: isikhundla esingcono singagcina sinciphise ukuncika kwakhe emidlalweni yokuhlungela futhi sishintshe ukuthi obani abathola ukungena ngqo ezigabeni eziyinhloko zemiqhudelwano. Izilinganiso zethenisi zihlale ziguquka; aziwona umqhele oboshelwe odongeni.

Umbono wethu (ukuqagela okunolwazi): umvuzo ka-Rybakina osheshayo usuqinisekile, kanti umbuzo omkhulu womqhudelwano ngowokuthi angakwazi yini ukwenza indawo yokuqala ibonakale iyisiqalo sokubusa, kunokuba kube yinto nje efike ngesikhathi esikahle ngoMsombuluko.

Ukuhlolwa komthelela

• U-Elena Rybakina: unqobile, ezinsukwini ezimbalwa. Ukufinyelela kwakhe kowandulela owamanqamu kumbeka endaweni yokuqala ngoMsombuluko, kungakhathaliseki imiphumela esele ye-U.S. Open.
• U-Aryna Sabalenka: ulahlekile, ezinsukwini ezimbalwa. Ukuhlala kwakhe amasonto angu-99 endaweni yokuqala kuyaphela ngoMsombuluko; ngeke akwazi ukukugcina ngemidlalo esele.
• U-Zheng Qinwen: unqobile, ezinsukwini ezimbalwa. Ukufinyelela kwakhe kuma-quarterfinal kuqinisekisa ukukhuphuka kusuka ku-No. 121 aye kwabangama-60 abahamba phambili, ngemva kokuba ukuhlinzwa kwehlise isikhundla sakhe.
• Abaphikisi bakusasa: kuxubile, onyakeni olandelayo. Uma u-Rybakina egcina lesi sikhundla, ukutshalwa kwabadlali kungahlela kabusha izindlela zokudlula emiqhudelwaneni. Lowo mphumela uncike ekutheni aqhubeke nokuthola imiphumela.

Izimo ezingase zenzeke

Okungenzeka kakhulu

Uma uhlu lwezilinganiso lwangoMsombuluko lubeka u-Rybakina endaweni yokuqala no-Zheng phakathi kwabangama-60 abahamba phambili, ushintsho olusheshayo ezilinganisweni luyofika njengoba kubika i-AP. U-Rybakina ungena kowandulela owamanqamu esesaziwa isikhundla sakhe ezilinganisweni, kodwa isicoco sisenganqunyiwe; u-Zheng uthola ithuba elingcono lokungena emiqhudelwaneni elandelayo. Izimpawu eziqine kakhulu uhlu lwe-WTA lwangoMsombuluko kanye nomdlalo ka-Rybakina wangoLwesine kowandulela owamanqamu.

Okungaba ngcono

Uma u-Rybakina enqoba eminye imidlalo emibili, uhlanganisa indawo yokuqala nesicoco sakhe sokuqala se-U.S. Open futhi aqinise ukuma kwakhe ngokuncintisana nabadlali abasamile. Uma u-Zheng eqhubeka nokululama kwakhe ngemiphumela elandelayo, angangena ezigabeni eziyinhloko zemiqhudelwano ngaphandle kokuhlungela, kushintshe umthwalo womsebenzi odingekayo ukuze afinyelele emqhudelwaneni uqobo.

Okungaba kubi

Uma u-Rybakina ehlulwa kowandulela owamanqamu noma kowamanqamu, usaba ngumdlali ohamba phambili ezilinganisweni kodwa isicoco se-U.S. Open siya komunye umuntu. Ukubuyela kuka-Zheng kwabangama-60 abahamba phambili kuqinisekile, kodwa ngaphandle kwemiphumela emihle eyengeziwe kamuva, lokhu kukodwa akumbuyiseli eduze kwesikhundla sakhe sangaphambili sika-No. 4.

Okulandelayo okufanele kubhekwe

• ULwesine: Ukuthi u-Rybakina uyamhlula yini u-Gauff noma u-Andreeva ukuze afinyelele kowamanqamu.
• UMsombuluko: Ukuthi izilinganiso ze-WTA zimbeka yini ngokusemthethweni u-Rybakina endaweni yokuqala futhi zibeke u-Zheng phakathi kwabangama-60 abahamba phambili.