UGulbis Ernest: ukuphila, umsebenzi, isithombe

UGulbis Ernest ungumdlali owaziwayo we-tennis waseLatvia, onqoba ama-ATP emidlalweni yama-singles nama-double, kanye nomdlali wokugcina we-French Open Championship ngo-2014. Ikhava yezintandokazi - kanzima, futhi indawo ephakeme kakhulu ekulinganisweni kwe-ATP - okweshumi.

Iminyaka yokuqala

UGulbis Ernest wazalelwa futhi wakhulela emndenini wezemidlalo. Ugogo wakhe nobaba badlala ibhasikidi, bobabili odade abaqeqeshiwe abaqeqeshiwe, kanti umfowabo omncane-uzama igalofu.

U-Ernest wavele enkantolo eneminyaka engu-5 ubudala, futhi ngo-16 waqala ukudlala ngendlela. Ngonyaka ka-2005, u-Ernest wenza iqembu lakhe laseLatvia ngesikhathi edlala imidlalo ye-Davis Cup futhi wabamba umdlalo wokuqala we-APR tour. Ekupheleni kwenkathi uGulbis yakwazi ukuphumelela ezinselele ezimbili: e-Eckental ngama-singles nangama-double e-Aachen.

Debut ochungechungeni lwe-Grand Slam

Ukuqala kuka-2007 kwaletha amaLatvia amabili ukunqoba nakwezinselelo eziseBesançon naseSarjevo, ngenxa yokuthi umdlali we-tennis wakhuphukela esilinganisweni esiphezulu se-ATP. Ngo-2008, u-Gulbis Ernest waqala ukuza enkantolo ye-Australian Open, kodwa wahlukunyezwa empini yokuqala neRussia Marat Safin.

UGulbis yikutholwa kwe-Roland Garros-2008 kwangempela. Emgwaqweni oya ngasekupheleni kwekota, washaya enye yezintandokazi zomncintiswano - i-American Blake, kodwa izinyathelo ezimbili ngaphambi kokuphelelwa yisikhathi yiSerb Novak Djokovic. Emncintiswaneni weWimbledon wonyaka ofanayo, u-Ernest naye wahlangene ekulweni ne-main contender yesihloko, uRafael Nadal, owalahlekelwa ngamasethi amane. Ukubamba iqhaza emidlalweni yama-Olympic kanye ne-US Open, u-Ernest Gulbis wagqiba isizini endaweni eqoshiwe engu-53.

Esiqongweni

Izinkathi ezimbalwa ezilandelayo Gulbis ezingenangqondo ngokuphelele emidlalweni yaseGrand Slam, lapho engakwazi ukuwina khona okungenani amabhola amabili ngokulandelana. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Ernest wenza kahle kakhulu emincintiswaneni engezansi futhi waze wanqoba iCroatia Ivo Karlovich eDelray Beach. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umdlali waseLatvia wahola ukunqoba okubalulekile kunabameleli bezinga eliphezulu emhlabeni wonke futhi ngasekupheleni kuka-2010 wabamba indawo ephakeme ye-24.

I-ups kanye ne-downs

Kuze kube ngu-2014, omunye wabadlali be-tennis, okusho ukuthi, ngokusho kochwepheshe bezemidlalo, "bethweswe" ngaphezu kwabanye, wayesengumGulbis Ernest. I-Tennis idlale ngokuphindaphindiwe naye ihlaya elinonya, bese iphakamisa ekulinganisweni, bese "iphonsa" ngaphesheya kwekhulu eliphezulu. Ngezinkathi ezine zonyaka umdlali waseLatvia wathola izintambo ezimbili kuphela eSt. Petersburg naseLos Angeles, ngesikhathi esifanayo waqhubeka nochungechunge lwezingqikithi ezingaphumeleli ochungechungeni lweGrand Slam.

Isizini sika-2015 siphinde sanikeza izinselele eziningana ezingavamile kumdlali we-tennis, kodwa impumelelo yendawo ngendlela yokunqoba emqhudelwaneni we-ATP eMarseille nokukhululwa kwama-semi-final uRaland Garros wakhuphula ngokushesha uGulbisa ngezilinganiso eziphezulu eziyishumi zomhlaba. Ekupheleni kwenkathi, uGulbis yayinezimali ezimbili ze-ATP (eMoscow naseKuala Lumpur), futhi wagcwalisa unyaka ngaphezulu kuma-20 aphezulu, "waphinde" ehluleka ukwenza izinkantolo ze-US Open.

Amathemba

UGulbis Ernest ungumdlali we-tennis umdlalo wakhe oheha umphakathi. Unzima kakhulu futhi angakwazi ukunqoba okunye okuthakazelisayo nge-fiasco ephelele. Kodwa-ke, noma yikuphi umphumela womdlalo nokubamba iqhaza komdlali waseLatvia, ababukeli abasemasimini bangabona isitayela esihlaselayo somdlalo. Manje u-Ernest usemgodini weminyaka engamashumi amathathu futhi uphinde ulungele ukuqala ukulwa e-US Open, ngokuzikhandla okuthandayo.