Hobart International: Venus Williams ta fitar da ita a zagayen farko a gasar Australian Open
Amurka Venus Williams ta yi kokarin mayar da kwallon ga ‘yar kasar Switzerland Celine Naef a lokacin wasansu na farko na mata a rana ta biyu na gasar Tennis ta Libema Open a Rosmalen a ranar 13 ga Yuni, 2023. (Hoto daga Sander Koning / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT / NETHERLANDS OUT
Venus Williams‘ Shirye-shiryen gasar Australian Open ta fuskanci koma baya a ranar Talata bayan da Tatjana Maria ‘yar Jamus ta fitar da ita a zagayen farko na gasar Hobart.
Williams, mai shekaru 45, ya yi rashin nasara ne da ci 6-4, da 6-3 a cikin mintuna 87 a hannun mai lamba 42 a duniya, a wani taro da ba a saba gani ba tsakanin wasu kwararrun ‘yan wasan yawon shakatawa.
Wasan shine karo na farko da ma’auratan suka fuskanci juna kuma sun kafa tarihi na haduwar shekaru mafi girma na babban wasan zane na mata tun lokacin da aka kafa WTA Tour a 1973.
Kashin ya biyo bayan ficewar Williams a zagayen farko na gasar Auckland Classic a makon jiya, wanda ya zama gasar karo na biyu a jere da aka fitar da zakaran Grand Slam sau bakwai a matakin farko.
A kan Maria, Ba’amurke ya nuna juriya, ya ceci shida daga cikin maki tara, amma ya kasa canza yanayin a cikin iska.
Maria, mai shekaru 38, ta ce bikin na da matukar muhimmanci, inda ta bayyana cewa ‘ya’yanta magoya bayan Williams ne.
“Kowa yana son Venus. Ni ma ina son ta,” in ji Maria.
“A gare ni, yin wasa da ita abin alfahari ne domin ban taɓa buga mata wasa ba. Ba abu mai sauƙi ba da duk iska amma yana da ban mamaki.”
Bajamushen, wacce a bara ta zama zakara mafi tsufa a gasar WTA Tour tun bayan Serena Williams a shekarar 2020 tare da kambunta a kulob din Queen’s Club da ke Landan, ta tsallake zuwa wasan karshe na 16 da ‘yar kasar Hungary Anna Bondar.
Yanzu haka Williams za ta karkata akalarta zuwa Melbourne, inda za ta fafata a gasar Australian Open bayan da ta samu katin zabe. Wannan dai shi ne karon farko da ta fito a gasar cikin shekaru biyar. Kasancewar ta yi wasa sau-da-kafa a lokutan baya, ana shirin zama mace mafi tsufa da za ta fafata a babban gasar Grand Slam na shekarar da za a fara gasar ranar Lahadi.
Wani wuri a Hobart, ɗan wasan Czech Barbora Krejcikova shima ya fita a zagayen farko. Tsohuwar mai lamba biyu a duniya, yanzu tana matsayi na 55, ta yi rashin nasara da ci 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7/4) a hannun Ba’amurke Peyton Stearns bayan da ta bukaci a yi mata magani da kuma daure mata gindi a lokacin wasan.
Krejcikova, wadda ta kare a kakar wasan da ta gabata da wuri saboda raunin da ta ji a gwiwarta, ta koma gasar cin kofin United a makon da ya gabata, inda ta ci biyu daga cikin wasanni uku da ta buga. Tsohuwar zakaran gasar French Open a shekarar 2021 kuma ta lashe gasar Wimbledon a shekarar 2024, ta kasa buga gasar Australian Open a bara saboda rauni a baya.
Stearns za ta kara ne da Olga Danilovic na Serbia a zagaye na gaba bayan Danilovic ya doke zakaran damben gasar McCartney Kessler na Amurka da ci uku.
