Bukan Rafael Nadal, Frances Tiafoe Menjadi 'Gila' Gara-gara 'King James'

Nurul Ika Hidayati

Editor:

  • Francis Tiafoe mengalahkan Rafael Nadal di US Ope, pada Senin lalu.
  • LeBron James mengucapkan selamat kepadanya atas kemenangan itu, men-tweet dia mengatakan: "SELAMAT Raja Muda!!! Anda mendapatkannya."
  • "Saya membacanya di ruang ganti," kata Tiafoe tentang tweet tersebut.

SKOR.id - Pemain tenis Frances Tiafoe mengatakan dia menjadi 'gila' setelah superstar NBA, LeBron James, mengucapkan selamat kepadanya atas kemenangan luar biasa atas Rafael Nadal di US Open 2022.

Tiafoe, 24, mengalahkan juara bertahan empat kali Nadal 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 pada hari Senin untuk mengamankan tempat di perempat final pertamanya di Flushing Meadows.

Rupanya, James men-tweet Tiafoe setelah kemenangannya, dengan menuliskan: "SELAMAT Raja Muda!!! Anda pantas mendapatkannya."

Ditanya tentang tweet ucapan selamat James itu, Tiafoe mengatakan pada wartawan: "Saya membacanya di ruang ganti. Dan, saya menjadi gila. That's my guy."

Tiafoe, yang berasal dari Maryland, Amerika Serikat, menambahkan bahwa dia ragu-ragu sebelum me-retweet pesan James karena dia tidak ingin terlihat terlalu tertarik.

"Saya seperti, 'Apakah saya me-retweet segera setelah dia mengirimnya?' Saya seperti, 'Anda tahu, saya akan menjadi keren dan bertindak seolah-olah saya tidak melihatnya dan kemudian me-retweetnya tiga jam kemudian,'" jelasnya.

Tiafore akhirnya benar-benar membalas tweet James itu dengan mengatakan: "Terima kasih kakak ...... kami memiliki beberapa pekerjaan yang harus dilakukan."

Kemenangan Tiafoe atas Nadal adalah yang pertama — setelah keduanya telah bermain dua kali sebelumnya, dan Nadal yang menang.

"Sesuatu yang istimewa terjadi hari ini," kata bintang tenis berusia 24 tahun itu di lapangan. "Saya tidak tahu harus berkata apa, saya sangat senang. Dia salah satu yang terhebat sepanjang masa dan saya bermain luar biasa."

Bagi Nadal, kekalahan itu merupakan yang pertama dialaminya di Grand Slam tahun ini. Dia memenangkan Australia Terbuka dan Wimbledon.

“Perbedaannya mudah: saya memainkan pertandingan yang buruk dan dia memainkan pertandingan yang bagus,” kata Nadal, yang berusia 36 tahun.

"Saya tidak bisa mempertahankan level tenis yang tinggi untuk waktu yang lama." 

"Saya tidak cukup cepat dalam pergerakan saya. Dia (Tiafoe) bisa mengambil bola terlalu banyak lebih awal, jadi saya tidak bisa meraihnya kembali." 

"Tenis adalah olahraga posisi. Anda harus sangat, sangat cepat dan sangat muda. Saya tidak berada di momen itu lagi."

Nadal menambahkan bahwa dia tidak yakin kapan dia akan bermain lagi.

"Saya harus kembali. Saya perlu memperbaiki banyak hal, hidup, lalu saya tidak tahu kapan saya akan kembali," kata juara Grand Slam 22 kali itu.

Selanjutnya Tiafoe akan menghadapi unggulan kesembilan asal Rusia, Andrey Rublev, untuk memperebutkan satu tempat di semifinal pada hari Rabu.***

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