Babu kawai gasar cin kofin ce ke yin laifi a wannan wasan kusa da na karshe ba, amma kuma nuna alamar 'yan wasan. Djokovic na ganin hakan a matsayin damar samun nasara ta tarihi ta 41 a Masters 1000 kuma ya wanke kalaman da ake yi game da shekarunsa da kuma yanayin jikinsa. A gefe guda kuma, Vacherot na ganin hakan a matsayin sanarwa cewa har ma da wani dan wasa da ba a sani sosai ba, wanda ba shi cikin manyan 'yan wasa 200, yana da hakkin yana da mafarkai, yana gwagwarmaya, kuma a karshe, ya halarci manyan wasannin tennis.

Wannan ba kawai wani wasan kusa da na karshe ba ne. Labari ne na kwarewa da tasowar sarki na tennis yana kare sarautarsa daga wani mutum da ba a taba tsammanin zai tsaya nesa haka ba. A ranar 11 ga Oktoba, 2025, a Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena, tarihi da sha'awa za su hadu.

A shekaru 38, Novak Djokovic har yanzu yana sake rubuta ma'anar tsawon rai a wasanni. Yana matsayi na 5 a duniya, ya isa Shanghai da niyyar sake kwato sihiri da ya dade yana mallaka a wadannan filayen kwallon. Bayan ya lashe kofin sau 4 a baya, dan kasar Serbia ya san duk wani yanayi na wannan mataki, kuma kowane inci na filin wasa wanda sau da yawa ya kasance yana kada sunansa.

Zakaran Djokovic a wannan shekara ya kasance babban darasi a sarrafawa da kuma juriya. Ya yi nasara a kan Marin Cilic, ya yi yaki mai tsanani da Yannick Hanfmann da Jaume Munar, sannan kuma ya yi nasara a kan Zizou Bergs a quarterfinals, da ci 6-3, 7-5. A wadannan wasannin, ya samu kashi 73% na farkon hidimarsa da kuma tara aces a nasarar da ya yi kwanan nan, wanda shaida ce cewa daidaito har yanzu ya fi shekaru tsanani.

Kuma duk da haka, jita-jitar gajiya da lalacewa na ci gaba da kasancewa. Dan kasar Serbia ya yi ta fama da ciwon gwiwa da na kafa a duk fannin kakar wasa, yana shimfidawa tsakanin wasa, kamar dan wasa da ke fafatawa ta cikin ciwo don samun karin dadin girma.

A dayan gefen cibiyar, akwai labarin da babu wanda ya yi tsammani. Valentin Vacherot, dan wasa mai lamba 204 a duniya, ya shigo wannan gasar a matsayin dan wasan cancaji kuma yana fatan kawai ya shiga babban zagaye. Yanzu, yana da kusa da gasar karshe ta Masters 1000, nasara da babu wani mutum daga Monaco da ya taba samu.

Tafiyarsa a Shanghai ba abin mamaki ba ne. Ya fara ne daga matakin cancaji, inda ya doke Nishesh Basavareddy da Liam Draxl da bugawa mai ban tsoro. Sannan, a babban zagaye, ya yi nasara a kan Laslo Djere, ya bawa Alexander Bublik mamaki, ya yi nasara a kan Tomas Machac, kuma ya yi nasara a kan Tallon Griekspoor da Holger Rune da aka fi daukar su fiye da shi, duk an yi tsammanin zai wulakanta su.

Gaba daya, ya kashe fiye da awanni 14 a fili, inda ya yi nasara a wasanni 5 daga farkon wasa. Bugun Vacherot da karfi shi ne makaminsa, kwanciyar hankalinsa a karkashin matsin lamba shi ne sirrinsa. Ya juya Shanghai Masters zuwa ga matakinsa na kansa, kuma duniya a karshe na kallo.

Wannan wasan kusa da na karshe yana jin kamar labarin fim din wasanni. Dan wasa mai lashe kofin sau 4 a karshen aikinsa, yana fafatawa da wani dan wasa da ya karya ka'idoji har ya kai ga wannan matsayi. Duk da cewa dan kasar Serbia yana da duk fa'idodin kididdiga—nasarori 1155 a rayuwa, kofuna 100, da kuma Grand Slams 24, inda Vacherot ke kawo rashin tabbas. Yana bugawa cikin sassauci, ba tare da tsammani ba, kowane bugu yana cike da imani da kuma sha'awa.

Wannan wasan, daga ra'ayi na dabaru, kamar wasan chess ne da ake yi a tituna. Djokovic na dogara ne da yanayin wasa, dawowa, da kuma ci gaba da tsawo. Yana rusa ruhin abokin hamayya da wuri fiye da yadda ake bugun hidimarsa. Kwarewarsa ta dawowa har yanzu ita ce mafi kyau, kuma har yanzu shi ne wanda zai iya juya kariyar zuwa hari kamar babu wani.

A gefe guda kuma, Vacherot yana da karfi sosai da kuma canza yanayin wasa. Babban hidimarsa, bugun karfi, da kuma rashin tsoro ya kai shi har zuwa wannan matsayi. Duk da haka, a kan yadda Djokovic ke karanta wasan, wannan karfin zai iya komawa baya. Yayin da wasannin ke kara tsawo, Djokovic zai fi sarrafawa. Duk da haka, idan Vacherot zai iya kiyaye yawan hidimarsa kuma ya kai hari da wuri, zai iya yin wannan yaki da wuya fiye da yadda aka yi tsammani.

Ga masu yin fare, wannan fafatawa tana ba da darajar da ba za a iya mantawa da ita ba. Babban bambancin matsayi da kuma yadda Djokovic ya taba taka leda a baya ya sa yawancin masu bada shawara su dauke shi a matsayin wanda zai yi nasara. Duk da haka, kasuwar yin fare tana nuna yanayi mai sarkakiya inda wasannin Vacherot sukan wuce jimillar wasanni 21.5, yayin da kuma, tsawon wasannin Djokovic na baya-bayan nan ma ya kara tsawon saboda gajiya da kuma wasanni masu tsanani.

Mafi kyawun zaɓuɓɓuka don yin fare don ATP Shanghai Semifinal 2025:

Kididdigar Vacherot na nuna juriya da tsawon lokaci, amma daidaituwa da kwarewar Djokovic har yanzu suna mamaye kwatancen.

A wannan fafatawar zagayen, nuna alamar 'yan wasan ya fi muhimmanci fiye da sakamakon. Djokovic na ganin hakan a matsayin damar samun nasara ta tarihi ta 41 a Masters 1000 kuma ya wanke kalaman da ake yi game da shekarunsa da kuma yanayin jikinsa. A gefe guda kuma, Vacherot na ganin hakan a matsayin sanarwa cewa har ma da wani dan wasa da ba a sani sosai ba, wanda ba shi cikin manyan 'yan wasa 200, yana da hakkin yana da mafarkai, yana gwagwarmaya, kuma a karshe, ya halarci manyan wasannin tennis.

Djokovic ya san cewa jama'ar Shanghai na sonsa, amma akwai wani abu mai jan hankali game da labarin dan wasan da ba a yi tsammani ba. Duk wani wasa da Vacherot ya ci za a yi masa yabo, kuma duk wani yunkurin dawowa za a dauka da motsin rai. Wannan shi ne irin wasan da filin wasan ke numfashi a matsayin daya.

Idan akwai wani abu da Novak Djokovic ba ya yi, shi ne raina wani abokin hamayya. Ya taba ganin labarun almara kamar wannan a baya, kuma sau da yawa, shi ne ya kasance mai kawo karshen su. Ana sa ran fara wasa mai karfi daga dan kasar Serbia, matsin lamba mai taurin kai daga Vacherot, da kuma karshe da aka yi ta kwarewa.

Labarin mafarkin Vacherot yana cancanci yabo, amma kyawun Djokovic, kulawarsa, da kuma ruhin gasarsa ya kamata ya kai shi ga wani karshen wasa a Shanghai.

Shanghai Masters 2025 ya kawo daya daga cikin labaran da ba a yi tsammani ba a wasan tennis da kuma daya daga cikin tunatarwa na dindindin: ana iya samun girma, amma imani na iya tasowa a ko ina.