Saka ranakun a littafinku don wasa mai ban sha'awa a gasar 2025 US Open mata guda, zagaye na 16, inda Duniya mai lamba 2 Iga Swiatek za ta fafata da Ekaterina Alexandrova mai hazaka. Wannan faɗar tabbas za ta zama ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan tunawa! Wannan haɗuwa da za ta gudana a cikin sanannen filin wasa na Louis Armstrong, ta fi faɗa ta zagaye na 4 kawai—fasaha ce ta salo, ƙarfin zuciya, da kuma motsi.

Tsohon No. 1 a duniya na WTA kuma zakaran Wimbledon na yanzu, Swiatek, tana da lokutan walƙiya da ba a iya sarrafawa, ko da yake na wani lokaci, kuma ba ta kasance mai kwanciyar hankali a New York ba kamar yadda za ta iya kasancewa. Ba haka lamarin yake ga Alexandrova ba, wadda ta bayyana tana jin daɗin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun kakar wasa a aikinta, yayin da take yanke hanyarta ta zagaye na farko na gasar da sassaucin kai tsaye.

Iga Swiatek ta nuna wasu daga cikin jajircewarta na yau da kullun, amma ba ta zama kamar wadda ba za a iya ci a New York ba.

Faɗarta ta zagaye na 3 da Kalinskaya ta nuna raunin Swiatek. Ta yi kasa da ci 1-5 a wasan farko kuma sai da ta kare maki da yawa na wasan kafin ta dawo ta tilasta ta ci gaba. Duk da buga laifuka 33 marasa laifi da kuma fafatawa da kaso na hidimarta ta farko (43%), tauraruwar Poland ta sami hanyar cin nasara—alama ce ta zakarun.

Canjin Swiatek tun daga kakar wasa ta kore ya yi tsada. Cin Wimbledon ya ƙara mata kwarin gwiwa, kuma salon wasanta mai ƙarfi yanzu ya fi tasiri a kotunan ƙasa masu sauri. Duk da haka, ta san cewa damarta ta yin kuskure game da Alexandrova kaɗan ce.

Alexandrova tana cikin kyakkyawar dama a US Open, tana wucewa ta kan abokan hamayya ba tare da wata wahala ba.

Batawar Siegemund a zagaye na 3 wata sanarwa ce. Alexandrova ta buga masu nasara 19, ta yi laifuka biyu kawai na ninki biyu, kuma ta karya abokiyar hamayyarta sau 6 a kan hanyar zuwa ga rinjayen maki 57-29. Ta bar wasu maki 9 kawai a wasanni 3—wataƙila ita ce hanya mafi tsafta zuwa zagaye na 16 a cikin mata.

A shekaru 30, Alexandrova tana buga wasan tennis mafi dacewa a rayuwarta. Tare da bugun sandararrakinta, kusurwoyi masu kaifi, da hidimar da ta inganta, ta zama barazana ta gaskiya ga manyan 'yan wasa.

Wasanninsu sun kasance masu gasa sosai, musamman a kotunan ƙasa, inda bugun sandararrakinta na Swiatek ke karo da wasan Alexandrova na tushe mai ƙarfi. A Miami, Alexandrova ta ci Swiatek a wasanni biyu kai tsaye a lokacin da ta ƙarshe ta fafata da abokiyar hamayyarta.

Swiatek ta fi Alexandrova a wasan dawowa da kuma dacewa, yayin da Alexandrova ke da amfani a karfin hidimarta.

Tare da jajircewa da kuma karfin hali, ta karɓi hidimarta ta biyu daga Swiatek.

Sama da wasanni 20.5: Ana sa ran faɗa mai tsanani tare da akalla 1 wasa mai tsayi.

Wannan wasa ya fi kusa fiye da yadda mukamai ke nunawa. Swiatek ita ce 'yar wasa mafi ƙwarewa, amma halin Alexandrova na yanzu da kuma salon wasanta mai ƙarfi suna sa ta zama mai haɗari.

Faɗar Swiatek da Alexandrova ita ce faɗar salo: Iwalar da Swiatek ta sarrafa da wasan sandararrakinta mai nauyi da Alexandrova ta buga da fara wasan.

Idan Swiatek ta buga yadda ta kamata, ya kamata ta ci gaba zuwa quarterfinals. Amma yanayin Alexandrova mai zafi yana nuna cewa wannan ba zai zama mai sauƙi ba. Ana sa ran motsin motsi, yiwuwar wani wasa mai yanke hukunci, da kuma jin daɗi a filin wasa na Louis Armstrong.

• Shawaran Riba: Swiatek ta ci wasa a wasanni 3, sama da wasanni 20.5.

A zagaye na 16 na gasar US Open ta 2025, akwai wasanni masu ban sha'awa, amma babu wani kamar Iga Swiatek vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova. Swiatek na son faɗaɗa tarin kofin Grand Slam dinta. Alexandrova na son samun damar shiga quarterfinal ɗinta na farko. Manyan haɗari na nan.