Sama mai ban mamaki na Shanghai na sake haskaka kotunan Rolex Shanghai Masters 2025 na gargajiya, kuma farin ciki na bayyane ga masoyan tennis a duniya. Daya daga cikin wasannin kusa da na karshe a wannan shekara na dauke da labarin da duk wani marubuci zai so ya fada, wato mai tunani mai nutsuwa kuma mai hankali Daniil Medvedev daga Rasha da kuma dan kasar Faransa mai buga kwallon karfi Arthur Rinderknech, wanda a gaskiya yana buga wasan tennis mafi kyau a rayuwarsa har yanzu.

Wannan yaki ne tsakanin daidaito da karfi, gogewa da sha’awa, lissafi mai nutsuwa da kuma fadan da ake yi da karfin gwiwa. Lokacin da duhu ya lullube Shanghai, wadannan mazaje 2 za su taka rawa a kotun ba kawai don cin nasara ba, har ma don canza tsawon lokacin kakar wasa ta su.

Shekarar 2025 ta kasance tafiya mai cike da rudani ga Daniil Medvedev, tare da koma baya, lokuta masu haske, da kuma alamun mulkinsa na duniya na farko. Mai matsayi na 18, Medvedev bai dauki kofin ba tun daga Rome 2023, amma a Shanghai, yana neman dawowa. Ya fara mako ta hanyar doke abokan hamayyarsa na farko, wadanda su ne Dalibor Svrcina (6-1, 6-1) da Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (6-3, 7-6), kafin ya tsallake rijiya da baya a wani gwaji mai tsayi da tauraron da ke tasowa Learner Tien a wasan 3. mai ban mamaki.

Sannan, a wasan kusa da na karshe, ya sake nuna kwarewarsa kamar yadda ya kasance a baya, ya doke Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4 da hade da zurfin bugunsa, tsaro, da kuma nutsuwa. A wancan wasan, Medvedev ya yi lauje 5, ya ci 79% na hidimar farko, kuma bai fuskanci wani maki daya ba, wata alama ce ta gagarumar nasara daga wanda ke samun kwarin gwiwa a karkashin matsin lamba. Ba wanda ba shi da labarin cin nasara a Shanghai a baya, domin ya lashe kofin a nan a 2019 kuma ya kai ga matakai na gaba a shekarun da suka gabata. Yanzu, da kwarin gwiwa ke dawowa, Medvedev na da nesa da wasanni 2 kacal don kara wani kofin Masters 1000 a tarin nasarar da ya samu.

A gefe guda kuwa akwai Arthur Rinderknech, mai matsayi na 54, amma yana wasa kamar mutumin da aka dauka a ransa. A yanzu yana da shekaru 30, yana tabbatar da cewa kwarewa da kishin wasa ba koyaushe suke bin ka’idojin shekaru ba.

Bayan da ya tsallake wasan farko mai tsawo (wanda ya ci ta ritaya daga Hamad Medjedovic), Rinderknech ya kasance wanda ba a iya dakatarwa, inda ya doke Alex Michelsen, Alexander Zverev, Jiri Lehecka, kuma kwanan nan, Felix Auger-Aliassime mai kwarin gwiwa a wasanni biyu.

Yana hidimtawa da kwarin gwiwa, yana yin lauje 5, yana samun 85% na hidimar farko, kuma bai rasa wani maki daya ba a wasan kusa da na karshe. Daidaituwa da karfin sa suna hana abokin hamayyarsa samun damar numfashi, kuma ci gaban sa ba za a iya musantawa ba. Wannan shine mafi kyawun Rinderknech da duniya ta taba gani, kuma yana da kwarin gwiwa, babu tsoro, kuma yana nutsuwa a karkashin matsin lamba. Dan Faransan na kan wani rafi da zai iya faduwa kai tsaye cikin tarihi idan ya doke daya daga cikin manyan ‘yan wasa a duniya.

Medvedev na jagoranci 1-0. Haduwarsu ta farko ta kasance a gasar U.S. Open ta 2022, inda Medvedev ya yi watsi da Rinderknech a wasanni biyu—6-2, 7-5, 6-3.

Amma abubuwa da dama sun canza tun lokacin. Rinderknech ba shi da wani dan wasa da ba shi da wani abu da zai rasa; yana daya daga cikin manyan ‘yan wasa da suka doke ‘yan wasa sama da 20 a wannan shekara. A yayin da Medvedev, ko da yake har yanzu yana matsayi na farko, ya yi kokarin sake samun daidaitonsa. Hakan ya sa wannan wasan kusa da na karshe ba wai kawai maimaitawa ba ne har ma da sabuwar rayuwa ta gasarsu, inda daya ke cike da tashin hankali, juyin halitta, da kuma ramuwar gayya.

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Asasin wasan Rinderknech shine buga kwallon farko da hidima mai ban tsoro, yayin da Medvedev ke samun nasara ta hanyar sarrafawa da kuma mayar da martani. Idan Medvedev ya canza wannan zuwa wasan chess na kusurwoyi da kuma fadace-fadace, zai ci nasara. Idan Rinderknech ya rage tsawon lokutan wasa kuma ya sarrafa wasan da hidimarsa mai karfi, zamu iya ganin daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan mamaki na shekara.

Karfin hankali na Medvedev yana da matukar wahalar kwatantawa da ‘yan wasa kadan. Yawancin lokaci yakan tilasta wa abokan hamayyarsa suyi kuskure tare da fuskar sa ta dakarunsa, zabukan da ke bada mamaki, da kuma kwarewar sa a harkokin dabaru. Duk da haka, wannan sigar Rinderknech ba za a iya samun sa a saukake ba.

Yana wasa ba tare da wani abu da zai rasa ba, kuma wannan tunani ne mai hadari ga duk wani abokin hamayya. Wannan ‘yanci ya ba shi damar cin nasara ta hanyar tsarin wasa mai tsanani, kuma yanayinsa na nuna nutsuwa da imani. Duk da haka, gogewa na da muhimmanci a wannan mataki. Medvedev ya taba kasancewa a nan; ya taba daukar kofin Masters, kuma ya san yadda ake sarrafa tsawon lokaci, matsin lamba, da gajiya a karkashin fitilu masu haske.

Idan ya zo ga rage kudi, Medvedev shine wanda ya fi kowa, amma Rinderknech yana bada wani darajar ga masu daukar hadari.

Ga Medvedev, nasara na nufin fiye da kawai wani wasan karshe. Yana da wata sanarwa cewa har yanzu yana daya daga cikin ‘yan wasa masu hadari a gasar, kuma yana iya sake samun matsayi a tsakanin manyan ‘yan wasa. Ga Rinderknech, wannan tikitin zinare ne—damar yin wasan karshe na Masters na farko kuma ya haura cikin manyan 40 na ATP a karon farko a rayuwarsa.

A wata kakar da aka samu abubuwan mamaki da suka canza labarai, wannan wasan kusa da na karshe yana kara wani babi na rashin tabbas, sha’awa, da kuma manufa.

Wasan kusa da na karshe na daren Asabar ba kawai wani wasa bane, kuma yaki ne na imani. Medvedev, da azamar sa ta sanyi da gogewarsa, yana fafutukar kwato mulkinsa. Rinderknech, dan Faransa mai kwarin gwiwa, yana wasa da kwanciyar hankali, yana rubuta rayuwarsa da alkalami mai zinari. A karkashin fitilu masu haske na Shanghai, daya ne kawai zai tsaya, amma duka biyu sun tuna wa duniya dalilin da yasa tennis ya kasance daya daga cikin kyawawan fafatawa ta hali da kuma kwarewa.