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Umdlali we-tennis wase-Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina wenqabile ukuxhawulana noVeronika Kudermetova, imbangi yakhe yaseRussia, kulandela ukunqoba kowandulela owamanqamu weqembu. Roma Masters e-Italy ngoLwesihlanu.
Ekhuluma nezintatheli ngemuva komdlalo obuseForo Italico, eRoma, uKalinina uthe, “Asizange sibambane ngezandla ngoba intombazane idabuka eRussia. Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi kungani nginganyakazi, ngoba leli zwe lihlasela i-Ukraine.
“Ngakho-ke, lo ngumdlalo, ngiyaqonda, kodwa futhi wuhlobo lwepolitiki. Ngakho, yebo, ayinalutho lomuntu siqu. Kodwa ngokuvamile, yebo, akwamukelekile.”
U-Kudermetova wabuzwa ngobuhlobo bakhe noKalinina kanye nomthelela “wezombangazwe”, futhi waphendula, “Ngiqonde, lapha singabasubathi. Silapha, futhi siyakuthanda esikwenzayo lapha. Akunandaba ukuthi uvela kuliphi izwe. Singabadlali futhi yilokho. Silapha ukuzodlala ithenisi.”
U-Kalinina uphikile umbono wokuthi ubuzwe bombangi wakhe bube nomthelela esimweni se-topsy-turvy somdlalo, echaza u-Kudermetova “njengomdlali ophambili, umdlali ovelele kakhulu. Kwakumayelana nethenisi.”
UKalinina, ongene kulo mqhudelwano okleliswe kunombolo-47 emhlabeni uma kuqhathaniswa noKudermetova kunombolo-12, unqobe kumasethi amathathu u-7-5 5-7 6-2.
Lo wesifazane wase-Ukraine, 26, ubuzwe ngomndeni wakhe, okumanje uhlala eKyiv, waveza ukuthi kuqhume ibhomu eduze kwesikole somphebezo lapho kusebenzela khona abazali bakhe. Uphinde wathi ugogo nomkhulu wakhe bagcine behambile eNova Kakhovka, idolobha lakubo, ngemuva kokuqhuma eduze kwendlu yabo.
Engxoxweni yakhe yasenkantolo ngemuva komdlalo, uKalinina uthe, “Kimina kubalulekile futhi ukuthi nginqobe wonke umdlalo, ngoba uyazi, ukuthi i-Ukraine idlula kuphi, ngifuna ukusho ukuthi ngethemba ukuthi ngizonikeza okuncane. ukukhanya futhi mhlawumbe nemizwa eyakhayo ngezwe lami.”
UKalinina uzobhekana no-Elena Rybakina kowamanqamu ngoMgqibelo. URybakina wazalelwa eRussia kodwa wamela iKazakhstan kusukela ngo-2018.
