Shelton yatsinze Alcaraz amaseti 3-2, mu mukino w’amateka warangiye ku manota ya 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(10-7). Umukino wamaze amasaha 4 n’iminota 28, watangiye saa 17:05 ku wa Kabiri urangira saa 23:33 zo ku wa Gatatu, uba umukino watinze kurangira kurusha indi yose mu mateka ya US Open, nk’uko iyi nkuru ibivuga.
Shelton yari ahanganye na Alcaraz wari ufite Grand Slam zirindwi, ariko uyu Munyamerika ntiyigeze amworohereza. Alcaraz yari yageze kuri Arthur Ashe Stadium afite amateka akomeye mu mikino ya Grand Slam ahura n’Abanyamerika, kuko yari amaze gutsinda imikino 13 yose yahuyemo n’abakinnyi bakomoka muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.
Alcaraz yatangiye neza, Shelton aragaruka
Alcaraz ni we watangiye umukino neza, atsinda iseti ya mbere muri tie-break, ibintu byatumye benshi batekereza ko ashobora gukomeza kuganza umukino.
Icyakora, Shelton yahise ahindura isura y’umukino mu iseti ya kabiri, ayitsinda ku buryo bworoshye 6-1. Uyu Munyamerika yakomeje gushyira igitutu kuri Alcaraz, anatsinda iseti ya gatatu 6-3, bituma yegera cyane intsinzi.
Alcaraz ntiyigeze acika intege. Nubwo yagaragazaga umunaniro kandi agakora amakosa menshi, cyane cyane mu gukina forehand, yashoboye kwisubiraho maze atsinda iseti ya kane 6-1, umukino ujya mu iseti ya nyuma.
Shelton yatsinze iseti ya nyuma muri tie-break
Iseti ya nyuma yabaye ishyaka n’ishyaka, aho abakinnyi bombi bakomeje gutsinda imikino yabo kugeza ubwo byabaye ngombwa ko hitabazwa tie-break.
Muri iyo tie-break, Shelton ni we wagaragaje imbaraga nyinshi, ayitsinda 10-7, ahita yuzuza intsinzi idasanzwe nyuma y’umukino wamaze amasaha arenga ane.
Mbere y’uko iseti ya nyuma itangira, Alcaraz yagaragaye arimo kuruka mu gitambaro mu gihe cyo kuruhuka. Nubwo byagaragazaga ko atari ameze neza, yakomeje umukino kugeza ku musozo.
Shelton agiye guhangana na Tiafoe
Iyi ntsinzi yahesheje Shelton kugera bwa mbere muri 1/2 cy’irangiza cya US Open, aho azahura na mugenzi we w’Umunyamerika Frances Tiafoe.
Biteganyijwe ko uyu mukino uzaba usobanutse cyane ku ruhande rw’Abanyamerika, kuko Shelton na Tiafoe bazaba bahatanira umwanya wo kugera ku mukino wa nyuma, ndetse no gukomeza urugendo rwo gushaka Umunyamerika watsindira Grand Slam mu bagabo bwa mbere kuva mu 2003.
