USerena Williams Uyamdlula uRoger Federer kuLoyiso oluKhulu lweSlam eTennis

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NgoMvulo, ukumkanikazi wentenetya uSerena Williams ubethe uYaroslava Shvedova (6-2, 6-3) edlulela kumdlalo wamagqibela kankqoyi we-US Open. Umdlalo yayiyimpumelelo yakhe ye-Grand Slam engama-308 emnika uloyiso olungaphezulu kweGrand Slam kunaye nawuphi na umdlali ehlabathini.

"Linani elikhulu. Ndicinga ukuba libaluleke kakhulu ngokwenene. Ndicinga ukuba yinto, uyazi, ithetha nje ngobude bomsebenzi wam, ngokukodwa, "uWilliams uthe kudliwano-ndlebe enkundleni. "Ndidlale ixesha elide, kodwa, uyazi, unikwe ukungqinelana phaya phezulu. Yinto endizidlayo ngayo leyo."

Umntu oneminyaka engama-34 ngoku uphumelele ngaphezulu kwebhanti lakhe kunoRoger Federer ohamba emva kwakhe ngama-307. Akazukukwazi ukuyinyusa yonke loo nto de kube lixesha elizayo ukusukela oko ehleli ngaphandle ngenxa yokwenzakala.

Oku kushiye wonke umntu ezibuza: Ngubani oza kuthatha umhlala-phantsi kunye neyona mpumelelo?

"Andazi. Siza kubona," utshilo uWilliams. "Ngethemba, siza kuqhubeka sobabini. Ndiyazi ukuba ndiyayicwangcisa. Ndiyazi ukuba wenza njalo. Ngoko siza kubona."

UWilliams uye waya kumdlalo wokugqibela kwi-US Open iminyaka eli-10 ngokuthe tye. Ngelishwa, kunyaka ophelileyo waphulukana noRoberta Vinci kumdlalo wamagqibela kankqoyi-ephelisa ithuba lakhe lokufumana enye iGrand Slam elandelelanayo.

Oko kwathethi, ngepesenti ye-.880 ephumeleleyo, uWilliams uzuze amanqaku amathathu kuphela ngaphandle kwesihloko sakhe sama-23 samaGrand Slam. Ukuba uyaphumelela, uya kuqhekeza iqhina kunye noSteffi Graf kwelona gama liphumeleleyo kwilixa lokuvula, elaqala ngo-1968.

Okulandelayo, imbaleki eyaziwayo icwangciselwe ukudlala ngokuchasene noSimona Halep, imbaleki ye-2014 yaseFrance evulekileyo, ekwabekwa njengowona mdlali we-tennis obalaseleyo wabafazi kwihlabathi.

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