Shagalin da ke cikin iska a cikin Centre Court a Paris yana da girma yayin da samari biyu daga wurare daban-daban ke alkawarin haduwa a karon farko. Valentin Vacherot, mai shekaru 26, wanda a dā yana daga cikin 'yan wasan Faransa da dama, yanzu yana fuskantar kyakkyawan ci gaba a cikin mafi kyawun yanayin aikinsa, zai fuskanci karfin da kuma nutsuwar Felix Auger-Aliassime, alfaharin Kanada, wanda sunansa ke magana da kansa a kowane yanayi mai tauri a duk fadin duniya. 

Ga duka 'yan wasan, wannan yana wakiltar fiye da kashi hudu kawai. Yana wakiltar dama ga dan wasa daya ya sanar da farkon rayuwarsa na fasaha kuma ga wani dan wasa ya sake tabbatar da matsayinsa na baya a tsakanin masu mulkin ATP tennis. 

Felix Auger-Aliassime (World No. 10) zai fafata da Valentin Vacherot (World No. 40) a abin da mutane da yawa ke jira kamar yadda wasan kusa da na karshe na ATP France 2025. 

Felix ya yi hanyarsa zuwa quarters ta hanyar wahala amma ya tabbatar da cewa ya yi hakan da jarumta. Ya samu kansa a cikin halin dawowa a kowane wasa. A kan Daniel Altmaier, ya fara wasan ne da rashin nasara a seti na farko 3-6 amma ya mayar da martani da nasara 6-3, 6-2. Karin karfin Felix ba kawai karfinsa ba ne har ma da iyawarsa ta zama cikin nutsuwa a karkashin tashin hankali. Ya buga jimillar masu nasara 39 a wasan kuma ya kuma yi hidimar 87% a hidimomi na farko, yana mai juyar da tsarin tsaro zuwa tsarin kai hari mai amfani. 

A gefe guda kuma, Vacherot ya dauki hanyar tsabtacewa ga wasanninsa, inda ya doke abokan hamayya kamar Jiri Lehecka, Arthur Rinderknech, da Cameron Norrie a cikin wasanni masu sauri, ba tare da fuskantar nutsuwarsa ba. A nasarar da ya yi da Norrie cikin seti guda (7-6, 6-4), bai fuskanci faduwa a kowane wasa ba yayin wasan. 86% a hidimarsa ta farko don cin nasara tare da babu sau biyu ya nuna cewa wannan dan wasan ya girma sosai cikin dan wasa mai karfin tunani. 

Felix Auger-Aliassime ya shiga wannan yaki a matsayin wanda ya fi kwarewa a tsakaninsu, da tarihin wasa 13-2 a cikin gida a 2025 da kuma taken a Adelaide, Montpellier, da Brussels. An san shi da zama cikin nutsuwa bayan faduwar seti da dawowa, alamar dan wasa wanda ya fuskanci mafi kyau. 

A gefe guda kuma, Valentin yana kawo abin da ba a sani ba. Sakamakon cin nasara a Shanghai, ba zai iya taimakawa ba sai dai ya nuna kwarin gwiwarsa. Ya ci 16 daga cikin wasanninsa 20 na karshe kuma ya sami yabo daga sauran 'yan wasa saboda nutsuwarsa. Auger-Aliassime da kansa ya kira shi "mutumin lokacin." 

Zanen wasan Vacherot da aka yi masa tunani sosai da kuma ci gaba da buga kwallon sa, salon wasa mai jaruntaka, da hidimar da ba ta karewa suna ba shi damar gani a duk fadin filin. Amma Maurice mai jaruntaka ya kawo wani yanayi na musamman: motsin jiki mai karfi, hidimar da ke da babbar mashin, da kuma karfin da ke kusa da na giwa. 

Bari mu duba lambobin da zasu iya tantance wannan kusa da karshe mai ban sha'awa:

Bayanan sun nuna karamar bambance-bambance amma mai ma'ana. Felix ya yi fice a hidimar da kuma juriya, yana fifita dogon wasa na seti uku. A yayin da Vacherot ke da kyau a fannin inganci, kuma ya tabbatar da cewa yana cin wasanni cikin inganci da kuma yanke hukunci, yawanci yana ba abokan hamayyarsa 'yan damar murmurewa.

Tsarin hasashen Dimers yana ba Felix damar cin nasara da kashi 56.5% idan aka kwatanta da 43.5% na Vacherot. Bayan sake yin kwaikwayon sakamakon wasan sau 10,000, tsarin ya fi fifimawa Felix bisa ga kwarewar da yake da ita a ATP tour. 

Felix yana ajiyewa 58.6% na faduwar da aka buga masa kuma yana da dan karamin kashi na nasarar buga na biyu na 48.68%. Wannan na iya zama muhimmanci a cikin wani wasa mai tsauri. 26.08% na kai hari na Vacherot na dawo da hidimar farko yana sanya matsin lamba ga Felix tun farko, amma shin za a yi amfani da karfin wannan salon wasan da ke da hadari a cikin seti uku? 

Dadawa ta ragu kadan don goyon bayan Auger-Aliassime, kuma haka nan, kakar 2023 ta Vacherot na iya soke duk wani nuni na kididdiga a duk tsawon karshen mako. 

Abin da ke da ban sha'awa game da wannan wasan ba shi ne kwarewar 'yan wasan ba; shi ne tunanin da ke tattare da shi. Felix ya san abin da ke gabansa. Wurin a ATP Finals har yanzu yana kan layin, kuma rashin nasara a nan na iya sa wannan damar ta yi nisa. Ya yi magana game da yadda hakan ke motsa shi: "Kowane wasa yanzu gwajin hali ne kamar yadda yake gwajin kwarewa," kamar yadda ya nuna a farkon mako. 

A bambanta, Vacherot yana wasa ba tare da wani abu da zai rasa ba. Hanyarsa ta duka ko babu komai da kuma cikakkiyar wasansa suna haifar da hadari. Yana cikin kyakkyawan yanayi, yana da kwarin gwiwa, kuma yana cikin nutsuwa, wanda ba kasafai ake haduwa da shi a cikin wani fafatawa mai tsanani ba. Yanayin tunaninsu shine ainihin labarin yaki tsakanin tsohon dan wasa da sabon dan wasa, inda daya ke zama mai kula da na farko kuma dayan yana neman zama haka. 

Kowane nuni yana nuna cewa zai kasance wani tsayayyen wasa, mai tsananin kuzari. Shirya don yawan aces, masu ban mamaki, da canjin motsin rai wanda ke bayyana ainihin ruhin wasan. 

Koda tare da wannan ikon a hankali, saboda duk abin da muka ambata yanzu, kuma wani bangare saboda tsarin wasan Vacherot na kwanan nan da kuma ingancin hidimar sa, yana da babbar barazana ga Felix. Duk da haka, Felix yana da rinjaye anan saboda yana iya share tunaninsa, ya karya tunanin abokin hamayyarsa, buga hidimar biyu mafi kyau, kuma mafi mahimmanci, ya lashe seti. 

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Yayin da fitilu ke haskakawa a Centre Court kuma aka fara buga hidima ta farko, kun san abu daya yana da tabbas, kuma fiye da wasa ne kawai. Yaki ne na buri, imani, da kuma basira. Vacherot yana wasa don nuna cewa ya cancanci zama cikin manyan 'yan wasa, kuma Felix yana fafutukar tabbatar da cewa har yanzu yana haka. Irin wannan wasan, wanda aka yi shi da hidimomi masu karfi da kuma masu ban mamaki, shi ne cewa masu kallon fina-finai a Paris ba kawai suna jin dadin sa ba har ma suna tunawa da labari, wanda daya ne daga cikin mafi mahimmanci a tarihin tennis, game da kudurorin kalubale na karfin hali da fafatawa a kakar ATP 2025.