USerena Williams Udlula URoger Federer Ngokunqoba Okuningi KweGrand Slam kuTennis

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NgoMsombuluko, indlovukazi yethenisi uSerena Williams ushaye uYaroslava Shvedova (6-2, 6-3) edlulela kuma-quarterfinal e-US Open. Lo mdlalo bekuwukuwina kwakhe kwe-Grand Slam yesi-308 okwamnika ukunqoba kwe-Grand Slam okuningi kunanoma yimuphi omunye umdlali emhlabeni.

"Isibalo esikhulu. Ngicabanga ukuthi sibaluleke kakhulu empeleni. Ngicabanga ukuthi yinto, uyazi, ekhuluma ngempela ngobude bomsebenzi wami, ikakhulukazi," kusho uWilliams enkulumweni yakhe yasenkantolo. "Sekuyisikhathi eside ngidlala, kodwa futhi, uyazi, uma kubhekwa lokho kuvumelana phezulu. Yinto engiziqhenya ngayo ngempela."

Lo mdlali oneminyaka engama-34 manje usezuze okuningi ngaphansi kwebhande lakhe kunoRoger Federer olandela ngemuva ngama-307. Ngeke akwazi ukukhuphula lelo nani kuze kube yisizini ezayo kwazise uhleli le ngaphandle ngenxa yokulimala.

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"Angazi. Sizobona," kusho uWilliams. "Sethemba ukuthi sizohamba sobabili. Ngiyazi ukuthi ngikuhlelile. Ngiyazi ukuthi uyakwenza. Ngakho sizobona."

UWilliams ufinyelele kuma-quarterfinal e-U.S. Open iminyaka eyishumi eqondile. Ngeshwa, ngonyaka odlule wehlulwa nguRoberta Vinci kowandulela owamanqamu okuqeda ithuba lakhe lokuthola enye iGrand Slam elandelanayo.

Lokho kusho ukuthi, ngamaphesenti awine i-.880, uWilliams usele nezinqola ezintathu kuphela kunesicoco sakhe sama-23 samaGrand Slam. Uma ewina, uzogqashula uthayi noSteffi Graf ukuze anqobe izicoco eziningi ku-Open era, eyaqala ngo-1968.

Okulandelayo, lo msubathi wodumo uhlelelwe ukudlala noSimona Halep, umgijimi ophume phambili we-French Open ka-2014, ophinde abekwe njengomdlali wesihlanu wethenisi labesifazane emhlabeni.

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