U-Rafael Nadal uthi ‘ingxenye yempilo yakhe yasala’ ngesikhathi uRoger Federer ethatha umhlalaphansi

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Rafael Nadal wavuma ukuthi “ingxenye yempilo yakhe yasala” nayo URoger Federer lapho imbangi yakhe enkulu uthathe umhlalaphansi kuthenisi – bobabili abadlali bashiye ukuhlukumezeka ngokomzwelo enkantolo ngemuva kokuba abaseSwitzerland badlale umdlalo wabo wokugcina wokuncintisana ngoSepthemba eLaver Cup.

Laba bobabili, phakathi kwabo, abanqobe izicoco ezingu-42 ze-grand slam single, bahlanganyele emdlalweni wama-double we-swansong kaFederer kuLaver Cup eLondon.

Ngemva kokuphothulwa kwalowo mdlalo, kwasabalala izithombe zabo bobabili abadlali bekhala njengoba behlezi ndawonye ngesikhathi kunomcimbi wangemuva komdlalo.

“Umuntu engimkhonzile, esengiqhudelana naye futhi esengihlanganyele izinto eziningi ezinhle enkundleni nangaphandle ubephuma,” uNadal etshela izintatheli ngaphambi komdlalo wombukiso e-Argentina.

“Ngalowo mqondo, zonke lezo zikhathi, leyo mizwa onayo ngaphambi kokudlala owamanqamu we-grand slam, yomqhudelwano obalulekile, konke okwakusemoyeni ngaphambi kwaleyo midlalo. Bekuhlukile kweminye imidlalo.

“Uyazi ukuthi ngeke uphinde uphile lokho futhi ingxenye yempilo yami isele naye [when he retired]. Bekuphinde kube wumuzwa wokuvalelisa kumuntu obebaluleke kangaka emdlalweni wethu.”

Laba babhekana izikhathi ezingu-40 kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule komunye wemibango ehlala njalo kwezemidlalo, kanti lo mdlali waseSpain wayehamba phambili ngo 24-16.

Ngemuva kokulimala nezifo eziningi eminyakeni yakamuva, ikusasa likaNadal kwezemidlalo nalo lisahleli emoyeni yize enqobe izicoco ezimbili zokuvula isizini.

Ulandele ukunqoba kwakhe ku-Australian Open ngokuthatha isicoco se-14th French Open esinwebe irekhodi ngoJuni – yize ayedinga imijovo eminingi ukuze adambise izinhlungu onyaweni lwakhe lwesobunxele.

Ukulimala esiswini kuphoqe lo waseSpain oneminyaka engu-36 ubudala ukuthi ahoxe eWimbledon ngaphambi komdlalo wakhe owandulela owamanqamu no-Nick Kyrgios.

Yize engachazanga ngezinhlelo zakhe zokuthatha umhlalaphansi, uNadal uthe: “Isikhathi sami sizofika lapho sekufanele sifike.

“Ngiyilungiselele impilo elandelayo ngaphandle kwethenisi.

“Angicabangi ukuthi kuzoba yinkinga kimina ngale kwalokho okuzobe kuhambisana nezinguquko. Impilo yami inezinto ezilinganayo noma ezibaluleke kakhulu kunethenisi.”