"Zan tuna da wannan wasa har abada": Jasmine Paolini ta kai wasan karshe na Wimbledon bayan ta yi nasara a kan Donna Vekić.

(CNN) —Jasmine Paolini ta zama 'yar Italiya ta farko a tarihi da ta kai wasan karshe a gasar Wimbledon bayan ta doke Donna Vekić da ci 2-6 6-4 7-6 (8) a wani tarihi na tarihi.

A cikin sa'o'i biyu da mintuna 51, shi ne wasan kusa da na karshe na mata mafi tsawo a tarihin Wimbledon kuma nasarar na nufin Paolini ita ce mace ta farko tun bayan Serena Williams a 2016 da ta kai wasan karshe na gasar French Open da Wimbledon a kakar wasa guda.

"Gaskiya mai wuya a yau," in ji Paolini, iri na 7, a cikin hirar da ta yi a kotu. "Ta yi wasan rashin imani, tana bugun masu nasara a ko'ina. Na yi ta fama kadan a farkon, kawai na sake maimaita kaina don yin yaki don kowane ball kuma in yi kokarin inganta dan kadan a kotu. Amma ina matukar farin ciki da wannan nasarar, ina tsammanin wannan wasan zan iya tunawa har abada.

"Ina ƙoƙarin yin tunani game da abin da zan yi a kotu da maki kuma na sake maimaita kaina cewa babu wani wuri mafi kyau fiye da nan inda za a yi yaƙi don kowane ball, kowane maki. Ga mai wasan tennis, wannan shi ne wuri mafi kyau don buga wasa irin wannan kuma da gaske, na gode da kuka ba ni, "in ji ta ga babban taron jama'ar Kotun Centre.

“Wannan watan da ya gabata ya yi mini hauka. Ina ƙoƙari kawai in mai da hankali kan abin da zan yi a kotu, ji daɗin abin da nake yi saboda ina son buga wasan tennis. Yana da ban mamaki don kasancewa a nan yana wasa a wannan filin wasa. Mafarki ne. Ina kallon wasan karshe na Wimbledon lokacin ina yaro, don haka ina jin daɗinsa kuma ina rayuwa a halin yanzu."

Vekić - wacce ke neman zama mace 'yar Croatia ta farko da ta kai wasan karshe tun bayan Iva Majoli a gasar French Open a 1997, a cewar marubucin wasan tennis Bastien Fachan - ta karya Paolini sau biyu yayin da ta kai ga ci daya mai ban haushi.

Amma Paolini, wacce ta yarda cewa tana "bauta sosai" don fara wasan, ba da daɗewa ba ta sami kewayon ta a cikin sashe na biyu. Al'amari ne mai cike da tashin hankali, tare da Paolini kawai ya karya Vekić a wasan sabis na ƙarshe na saitin.

A cikin saiti na uku abin tunawa da gaske, ma'auratan sun yi musayar hutu biyu na hidima don daidaita maki a 5-5.

Vekić, duniyar da ba a yi amfani da ita ba No. 37, sannan ta sami hutu don kai ta gagarar nasara, amma Hawk-Eye ya nuna cewa harbin da ta yi ya kai millimita uku ne kawai, wanda ya baiwa Paolini damar rike hidima.

Vekić ta fara kuka a lokacin canjin ƙarewa, amma ta haɗa kanta da kyau don riƙe hidima da tilasta hutu, wanda Paolini ya ci bayan kusan sa'o'i uku na wasan tennis mai daraja.