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Elena Rybakina izwe elinqotshiwe elingunombolo 1 Iga Świątek ngamasethi aqondile ngoLwesihlanu ukufinyelela Imithombo YamaNdiya ekugcineni futhi aqhubeke nokugijima kwakhe ngogesi kule sizini.
U-Świątek akabanga nampendulo kuma-groundstrokes anamandla akhishwe yingqwele ye-Wimbledon njengoba i-Pole ihlulwe ngo-6-2 6-2 ngehora nemizuzu engu-16.
Ngalokhu kunqoba, u-Rybakina ube umdlali wokuqala ukuwina imidlalo eminingi ngokumelene nezwe elibusayo elingu-No.1 kusukela ngo-2019, ngemva kokuhlula i-Świątek emzuliswaneni wesine we-Australian Open ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
“Ngo-Iga, unzima, imbangi eqinile, kodwa uma ngidlala kahle lokhu futhi konke kuhamba kahle – ngoba namuhla ngezinye izikhathi ngidlale, ngingasho ukuthi, ezingeni lami eliphezulu – [these are] izikhathi lapho ungezwa khona, kulungile, ngingahlula noma ngubani uma ngihlala ngidlala kanje,” kusho uRybakina ngemuva kokuwina kwakhe.
“Kodwa igoli, awuzizwa umangalisa futhi uphelele wonke umdlalo. Ngicabanga ukuthi namuhla bekukuhle kakhulu kimina.”
I-World No. 10 ibihamba phambili kusukela ekuqaleni, yephula i-Świątek ngesikhathi sokuqala futhi yawina isethi yokuqala emizuzwini engama-36 nje kuphela.
U-Rybakina wabe esegijimela phambili ngo 5-0 kwesesibili ngaphambi kokuthi u-Świątek abambe futhi wahlehla ukuze anqande isimo, kodwa i-Kazakh yabambelela ekunqobeni, yaba umdlali wokuqala ezweni lakubo ukufinyelela kowamanqamu ongayedwana emlandweni womqhudelwano. URybakina wazalelwa eRussia kodwa wamela iKazakhstan kusukela ngo-2018
“Uma uwela emhlabeni namuhla kusihlwa futhi uzwe ukuthi kudlala #1, kusho ukuthi u-Rybakina,” owayengumdlali wethenisi okhokhelwayo u-Pam Shriver kuTwitter.
U-Świątek uveze ngemuva kwalokho ukuthi ubekwazi ukulimala ezimbanjeni futhi “akazizwa u-100% ngokomzimba,” nakuba esahlela ukudlala eMiami Open ngesonto elizayo.
“Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, angikadlali ngilimele kakhulu,” wengeza. “Yisimo esisha kimina, impela. Ngesikhathi ngigcina ukudlala ngokulimala, njengokuphela komqhudelwano engiwukhumbulayo ofana no-Roland Garros 2019. Ngakho ngangimncane kakhulu.
“Manje sekuyizinga elihluke ngokuphelele. Ngakho-ke nginomuzwa wokuthi ukuqhubeka nomdlalo kufanele ube u-100%.
U-Rybakina manje usezobhekana no-Aryna Sabalenka waseBelarus ukuze anqobe isicoco se-Indian Wells impinda yowamanqamu walo nyaka we-Australian Open.
