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Umhlaba onguNombolo 1 Novak Djokovic Uhoxile emqhudelwaneni waleli sonto iBNP Paribas Open e-Indian Wells, lo mqhudelwano omenyezelwe ngeSonto, ephakamisa ukuthi isicelo sakhe se-visa sokungena e-United States asiphumelelanga.
U-Djokovic, ongagonyiwe I-COVID-19wathi ngenyanga edlule wayenethemba “lomphumela omuhle” wokwazi ukuthola imvume ekhethekile yokudlala imiqhudelwano e-US, lapho izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe kufanele zigonywe ukuze zikwazi ukungena.
Umdlali waseGeorgia uNikoloz Basilashvili nguyena othathe indawo kaDjokovic ekuhambeni.
Ekhuluma nezintatheli ngoLwesihlanu ngemuva kokwehlulwa kwakhe ebhekene noDaniil Medvedev eDubai, lo I-Australian Open Umpetha uthe “usazilindele izindaba ezivela eMelika.”
Wengeze wathi: “Uma iMelika ingekho, ngicabanga ukuthi ngizodlala ubumba. I-Monte Carlo cishe ingumqhudelwano olandelayo. Uma kunjalo, ngizothatha ikhefu, ngilungiselele.”
I-CNN ithinte abamele u-Djokovic ukuze baphawule ngokuhoxa kwakhe e-Indian Wells kodwa abayitholanga impendulo.
Lo mqhudelwano uqala ngoMsombuluko uphele ngoMashi 19.
Ngesonto eledlule, i-US Open ithe ngo tweet ukuthi u-Djokovic ungomunye “wompetha abakhulu kwesake sababona emdlalweni wethu,” wengeza ngokuthi abahleli bomdlalo omkhulu “banethemba” isicelo sakhe sokungena kuleli sizophumelela.
U-Djokovic uqale unyaka ngokuhlula uStefanos Tsitsipas ukunqoba i-Australian Open, ilingana nerekhodi likaRafael Nadal kwezingu-22 zezihloko zezingoma ezingashadile ezisohlwini lwamadoda ahlala njalo.
Angase adlule irekhodi likaNadal kuFrench Open ngasekupheleni konyaka, nakuba lo mdlali waseSpain ezobe efuna ukuvikela isicoco sakhe njengoba eqhubeka nokululama ekulimaleni.
