'Lo mdlalo ngizowukhumbula kuze kube phakade': UJasmine Paolini ufinyelela kowamanqamu eWimbledon ngemuva kokuwina i-epic yamasethi amathathu ehlula uDonna Vekić

(CNN)—U-Jasmine Paolini ube ngowesifazane wokuqala wase-Italy emlandweni ukufinyelela kowamanqamu e-Wimbledon ngemva kokuhlula u-Donna Vekić 2-6 6-4 7-6(8) kowamanqamu wesikhathi sonke.

Emahoreni amabili nemizuzu engama-51, bekuwumdlalo owandulela owamanqamu omude kunawo wonke wezingoma zabesifazane emlandweni weWimbledon futhi ukuwina kusho ukuthi uPaolini ungowesifazane wokuqala kusukela uSerena Williams ngo-2016 ukufinyelela kowamanqamu weFrench Open neWimbledon ngesizini efanayo.

“Kunzima ngempela namuhla,” kusho uPaolini, inzalo yesi-7, enkulumweni yakhe yasenkantolo. “Udlale ngendlela engakholakali, ubeshaya abawinile yonke indawo. Bengizabalaza kancane ekuqaleni, bengiziphindaphinda nje ukulwela wonke amabhola nokuzama ukuthuthuka kancane enkundleni. Kodwa ngijabule kakhulu ngalokhu kuwina, ngicabanga ukuthi lo mdlalo ngizowukhumbula unomphela.

“Bengizama ukucabanga ukuthi yini okufanele ngiyenze enkundleni yephuzu nephuzu futhi ngiziphindaphinda ukuthi ayikho indawo engcono kunalapha lapho singalwela khona wonke amabhola, amaphuzu. Kumdlali wethenisi, lena yindawo engcono kakhulu yokudlala umdlalo ofana nalena futhi, ngiyabonga ngokungijabulela,” esho enanela elikhulu ihlombe esixukwini seCentre Court.

“Le nyanga edlule ibingihlanyisa. Ngizama nje ukugxila kulokho okumele ngikwenze enkundleni, ngijabulele engikwenzayo ngoba ngithanda ukudlala ithenisi. Kuyamangaza ukuba lapha sidlala kule nkundla. Kuyiphupho. Ngangibukela owamanqamu weWimbledon ngisemncane, ngakho ngiyawujabulela futhi ngiphila esikhathini samanje.”

U-Vekić - obefuna ukuba ngowesifazane wokuqala waseCroatia ukufinyelela kowamanqamu omkhulu kusukela u-Iva Majoli ku-French Open ngo-1997, ngokusho kombhali wethenisi u-Bastien Fachan - wephule uPaolini kabili ngesikhathi ephuma phambili ngesethi eyodwa.

Kodwa u-Paolini, ovumile ukuthi "usebenza kabi kakhulu" ukuqala umdlalo, ngokushesha wathola uhla lwakhe kusethi yesibili. Bekuyindaba eshubile, u-Paolini ephula i-Vekić kumdlalo wakhe wokugcina wesethi.

Kusethi yesithathu engasoze yalibaleka neyonquma, laba ababili bashintshisane ngamakhefu amabili ukuze bathole amaphuzu angu-5-5.

U-Vekić, umhlaba ongenambewu onguNombolo 37, wabe esethola ikhefu lokumyisa onqenqemeni lokunqoba, kodwa i-Hawk-Eye yabonisa ukuthi isibhamu sakhe sasiphume ngamamilimitha amathathu nje kuphela, okwavumela u-Paolini ukuthi agcine ebambe iqhaza.

U-Vekić waqala ukukhala lapho eshintsha iziphetho, kodwa wazihlanganisa kahle ukuze abambe iqhaza futhi aphoqelele ikhefu lokubopha, u-Paolini aliwine ngemva cishe kwamahora amathathu ethenisi esezingeni eliphezulu.