Makhe sithethe namhlanje kunye nomdlali webhola yentenetya owayesakuba ngumnumzana Robin Söderling, ngoku ongumnini we-RS PADEL, uphawu lwentengiso yeparadel yaseSweden.

 

 

URobin, ndingaludibanisa uqeqesho lwakho lwentenetya njengamaxesha ali-10 ophumeleleyo kwiitumente ze-ATP, amaxesha ama-2 kumdlalo wokugqibela ka-Roland-Garros, umdlali we-Olimpiki wase-Sweden, ekwinqanaba le-4 lomdlali wehlabathi?

Ngoku xa ndijonga emva kwikhondo lomsebenzi wam ndiziva ndizingcayo ngento endiyenzileyo.
Kwaye ndineenkumbulo ezininzi ezilungileyo ngexesha lam njengomdlali we-tennis oqeqeshiweyo. Ndandinethuba lokuhambahamba ehlabathini, ndadibana nabantu abaninzi abanomdla nabanomdla kwaye ndadlala intenetya kwezona tumente zinkulu. Kodwa kanye emva kokuba ndiyeke ukudlala yayiyimvakalelo eyahlukileyo. Ndandineminyaka engama-27 kuphela ubudala xa ndandidlala umdlalo wam wokugqibela wobungcali. Kwaye iminyaka emininzi ndizama ukubuya kuba ndiziva ngathi ndikwincopho yomsebenzi wam kwaye ndingabacel 'umngeni abadlali abanjengoNadal, uFederer noDjokovic. Injongo yam yayihlala ikukubakho indawo yokuqala emhlabeni, nokuphumelela itumente enkulu yeslam.

Masibuyele ekuqaleni. Ngaba ubusazi ukuba ufuna ukuba ngumdlali wentenetya oqeqeshiweyo?

Ewe, ndaqala ukudlala notata xa ndandineminyaka emi-4 ubudala. Iphupha lam lalisoloko lokuba ngumdlali wentenetya oyingcali. Xa abantu abadala bendibuza njengomntwana ukuba ndifuna ukuba yintoni xa ndikhula bendihlala ndisithi: "Umdlali weTennis".
Kodwa yonke imidlalo ndandiyithanda. Ndadlala nebhola ekhatywayo, ihokhi yomkhenkce kunye nebhola yesandla. Kodwa intenetya yayihlala ingumdlalo wokuqala kum. Xa ndandineminyaka eli-13 ubudala ndayeka ukwenza yonke eminye imidlalo ndaza ndagxila kwintenetya.

Sinalo mfanekiso wabadlali be-tennis abahamba hamba kwilizwe izihlandlo ezininzi ngonyaka, behlala kwiihotele kunye neenqwelomoya. Ngexesha lakho leminyaka eli-16 yobungcali, ngaba iSweden yayihlala ilikhaya lakho okanye ngaba wafudukela kwelinye ilizwe elinjengeSwitzerland okanye iFlorida, njengabadlali beetenisi abaninzi?

Ndafudukela eMonaco xa ndandineminyaka eli-19. Ndahlala apho iminyaka eli-12. Kodwa xa mna nenkosikazi yam saba nomntwana wethu wokuqala sagqiba ekubeni sibuyele eSweden. Okwangoku sihlala eStockholm. Ndiyayithanda iSweden kwaye kulapho ndinosapho lwam kunye nabahlobo bam abaninzi. Kodwa ngamanye amaxesha ebusika xa kubanda kakhulu kwaye kumnyama eSweden, ndiyamkhumbula uMonte Carlo (ehleka).

Ukuba kuya kufuneka ugcine enye kuphela, yeyiphi eyona nto uyikhumbulayo ngekhondo lakho lentenetya?

Unzima lo mbuzo kuba ndineenkumbulo ezininzi ezintle. Kodwa ukuba kufuneka ndikhethe, kukuphumelela isihloko sam sokuqala kwi-ATP eBastad Sweden ngo-2009. Kungenxa yokuba yayiyitumente yam yasekhaya kwaye njengomntwana ndandikhona ndibukele rhoqo ehlotyeni. Emva koko bendiphupha ngenye imini ndidlala kwitumente. Ke xa ndiphumeleleyo ibiyimvakalelo engakholelekiyo. Ukudlala nokuphumelela phambi kwalo lonke usapho lwam kunye nabahlobo. Bendilila emva komdlalo wamanqam ngoba bendonwabile.

Ngo-2015, uthathe isigqibo sokuthatha umhlala phantsi uneminyaka engama-27 ubudala ngenxa yezizathu zobuqu nezempilo. Ngaphambi nje kweso sibhengezo, usungule inkampani yakho yezixhobo zentenetya, waba ngumlawuli wokhuphiswano lweStockholm Tennis Open, emva koko waba ngumqeqeshi wentenetya kwaye wabizwa nokuba ngukapteni weSweden kwiNdebe yeDavis ngo-2019.

Ewe. Ndizamile izinto ezininzi emva komsebenzi wam. Kodwa zonke zibandakanya intenetya ngendlela enye.
Kwiminyaka esi-7 eyadlulayo ndaqala eyam inkampani i-RS Sports. Unyaka wokuqala senza kuphela izixhobo zetenisi. Kodwa ngoku ukusukela kunyaka omnye sikwishishini lePadel. Ukwenza iirakethi, iibhola kunye nazo zonke iintlobo zezixhobo zepadel. Ndiyakuthanda ukudlala ipadel ngenxa yoko yayilinyathelo lendalo ukuqala ukuphuhlisa izixhobo nakwipadel. Inkampani ikhula kakhulu. Kwintenetya sele sithengisa kumazwe angama-50. Kwaye icala lePadel likhula ngokukhawuleza okukhulu. Ndiyakonwabela yonke imihla ukusebenza nayo.

Kwaye phakathi kwezinye izinto, wenze i-2020 uphawu lwepadel premium, RS PADEL. Ngaba uyakubona ukufana phakathi kwezemidlalo kunye no shishino?

Ewe iyafana kakhulu. Ukuze ukwazi ukuphumelela kufuneka usebenze nzima kakhulu kumashishini nakwimidlalo. Kwaye ungoyiki ukwenza iimpazamo. Endaweni yokuzama ukuphucula kwaye ube ngcono yonke imihla. Ndifunde lukhulu kwithenisi yam.

Udibane nini ne-padel kwaye ucinga ntoni ngemidlalo ekhula ngokukhawuleza kwihlabathi?

UPadel uqala ukukhula kakhulu eSweden kwiminyaka eyi-3-4 eyadlulayo. Ekuqaleni bendingafuni ukudlala kuba bendicinga ukuba ngumdlalo wabantu kuphela abangakulungelanga ukudlala intenetya (ukuhleka). Kodwa emva kwethutyana ndizamile ndaye ndabona ukuba andilunganga. I-Padel ngumdlalo onzima kwaye uyonwabisa ngokwenene. Ndiyayithanda, ndidlala kathathu ngeveki ngoku kunye namaxesha ama-3 ngeveki intenetya. Ndide ndibukele umdlalo ovela kwi-WPT ngoku. Ndiyaphucula kwaye ndingadlala kakuhle, kodwa ndisengcono kakhulu kwintenetya (ndihleka).

Kutheni le nto uthathe isigqibo sokumilisela uphawu lwepadel yakho?

Ngexesha lomsebenzi wam bendihlala ndinomdla kakhulu kwizinto eziphathekayo. Kwaye emva kokuba ndizamile ukudlala ipadel, ndaqonda ukuba kumnandi kakhulu. Kwaye iibhola ziyafana neebhola zetennis esizenzayo ukusukela kwiminyaka esi-7 sele ikho. Ndifunde okuninzi ngezinto zokwakha zombini intenetya kunye nePadel.

 

Zinjani iziqalo zohlobo lwepadel brand phantsi kweli xesha le-COVID ekhethekileyo?

Ubhubhane we-COVID uyinto eyoyikisayo kubantu abaninzi phantse kuwo onke amazwe ehlabathi. Kodwa iSweden ibe nesicwangciso esivulekileyo ngakumbi xa kuthelekiswa namanye amazwe amaninzi. Zonke iiklabhu zeepadel zivulekile kwaye ukusukela ngoku abantu abaninzi basebenzela ekhaya, babenexesha elininzi lokudlala imidlalo. Phantse yonke iklabhu yePadel kweli lizwe igcwele kwaye ishishini lethu likhule ngaphezulu kwe-100%. Oku kuhle kuthi njengenkampani kunjalo kodwa ndiyathemba ukuba yonke into izakubuyela esiqhelweni kungekudala ukuze wonke umntu aqale ukuphila ubomi obuqhelekileyo kwakhona.

Yintoni injongo kunye neethagethi zakho ze-RS PADEL kwikamva?

Injongo yokuqala kukuqhubeka nokuphuhlisa iimveliso ezikumgangatho ophezulu. Sisoloko sizama ukuba ngcono. ESweden sele sele siphezulu kwi-4 brand padel brand eyamangalisayo xa ucinga ngayo. Siyakhuphisana kwakhona nezinye zeemveliso ezinkulu ezinjengeBull Padel, iBabolat kunye neWilson njl. Injongo yethu kwikamva kukuba yenye yeempawu ezinkulu zePadel kwihlabathi. Ayizukuba lula kwaye iyakuthatha umsebenzi onzima. Kodwa bendihlala ndithanda imiceli mngeni emikhulu.

 

Ngaba unazo ezinye iiprojekthi kushishino lweepadel?

Hayi, ngoku sijolise kwi-brand. Uninzi lweembaleki zangaphambili zivula amaziko okupasa kunye neeklabhu eSweden ngoku. Kodwa ngoku ndifuna ukwenza iimveliso ezikumgangatho ophezulu kwaye ndisebenze kunye nazo zonke iiklabhu zePadel endaweni yoko.


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