UBarbara Steur waseAmsterdam uthi uyazi intengiso xa eyibona. I-US Open eNew York isafaneleka, nasemva kokuba idola yenyuka kwiveki ephelileyo ukuya kwinqanaba eliphezulu ngokuchasene ne-euro malunga neenyanga ezisixhenxe.
“Kuthi, kusenomtsalane ukuza apha,” utshilo uSteur, umcebisi wezentengiso kwinkampani yomthetho iBaker & McKenzie eAmsterdam.
Abalandeli baseYurophu abanjengoSteur, abaqhele ukuthontelana ukuya kwiFrench Open kunye neWimbledon, baya kumdlalo wokugqibela weGrand Slam eNew York. Bafumana "imali eninzi," utshilo u-Andrew Chmura, umnini weGrand Slam Tours eStowe, eVermont. Umthengisi weepakethi zentenetya usingise kweyona Open ingcono kwimbali yayo yeminyaka eli-17 emva kokuthengisa. Ubhaliso lwalo nyaka oluvela eYurophu lwenyuke ngeepesenti ezingama-50 ukusuka kunyaka ophelileyo, utshilo uChmura.
Abantu baseYurophu kwi-Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre abazange bakhononde emva kokuba i-euro ithinte i-$ 1.4385 izolo, inqanaba eliphantsi kakhulu ukususela ngoJan.
“Libala iLondon okanye iParis; i-US Open yi-Grand Slam yonyaka, "utshilo uStefan van Buuren, oneminyaka engama-25, umthengisi we-equity kwi-SNS Securities NV e-Amsterdam. “Yintenetya ephezulu kwisixeko esiphambili.”
Ukuqiniswa kwedola akuzange kumise uVan Buuren ukuba achithe i-4,000 yeedola kuhambo lweentsuku ezine ukuya kwi-Open kunye nabahlobo ababini ngethemba lokubona umdlali wakhe amthandayo, okhuselayo uRoger Federer waseSwitzerland.
Irekhodi lokuzimasa
IChmura's Grand Slam Tours yayithengisa iipakethi zeentsuku ezine kwi-US Open, equka isidlo sangokuhlwa kunye neentshatsheli zangaphambili uRoy Emerson noFred Stolle kunye nezihlalo zenkundla ukuya kuthi ga kwiseshoni yentenetya ezintlanu, malunga ne-1,200 yeponti (2,140 yeedola), ngaphandle kwenqwelomoya.
Iveki yokuqala ye-Open yabeka irekhodi lokuhamba kwe-423,420 abalandeli be-tennis, i-US Tennis Association yathi ngoSeptemba 1. Ukuhamba okupheleleyo kwesiganeko seeveki ezimbini kunokugxumela kwirekhodi elingaphezulu kwe-720,000 ukusuka kwi-715,587 yonyaka odlulileyo, i-USTA yathi.
Ireyithi yotshintshiselwano ayikuphela kwento ezisa abantu baseYurophu eNew York. Ukhuphiswano phakathi kweFederer kunye noRafael Nadal waseSpain nalo luqhuba umdla, utshilo uLars Kappen, umnini kunye nomlawuli weMidlalo kunye nesiXeko, iarhente esekwe eAmsterdam ethengisa iipakethi zokuhamba kumashishini.
UNadal, owabetha uFederer kumagqibela kankqoyi amathathu alandelelanayo kwiFrench Open, woyisa iSwiss eWimbledon kumdlalo weesethi ezintlanu owathatha irekhodi leeyure ezi-4, imizuzu engama-48. Itsale ababukeli abazizigidi ezili-13.1 kubume beBritish Broadcasting Corp., okanye ama-47.6 ekhulwini abaphulaphuli bakamabonwakude, ngokutsho kweBBC. Le yeyona nto iphambili ukusukela kumdlalo wamagqibela kankqoyi weWimbledon ngo-1992 phakathi kuka-Andre Agassi noGoran Ivanisevic.
'Into entsha'
Olo khuphiswano, kunye nokuvela kwentshatsheli yase-Australia evulekileyo uNovak Djokovic waseSerbia kunyuse umdla, utshilo uKappen.
“Iinkampani ezininzi zaseYurophu sele zisonwabisa abathengi kwiitumente zebhola ekhatywayo,” utshilo uKappen. "Itennis yinto entsha."
UMichael Gerrart waseSkotlani uthe akaboni naziphi na iintengiso: Iponti yaseBritane yehle nge-11.9 yeepesenti ngokuchasene nedola ukusukela kunyaka ophelileyo. Usebenza kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo kwaye uhlawulwa ngemali yakowabo.
“Amaxabiso aphezulu kakhulu kule tumente,” utshilo uGerrart, emi kufutshane nendlwana apho iglasi yebhiya yeHeineken ixabisa i-$7.50.
I-USTA iqikelela ukuba i-48 ipesenti yesihlwele savela ngaphandle kweNew York, eNew Jersey nase-Connecticut, ukusuka kwi-25 ekhulwini kwiminyaka eyisibhozo edlulileyo.
Ixabiso lobuso be-US Open amatikiti ukusuka kwi-22 yeedola kwi-promenade ukuya kuthi ga kwi-800 yeedola kwisihlalo esingaphambili kumgca wokugqibela wamadoda. Ukudlula emhlabeni eWimbledon kubiza iiponti ezingama-20, ngelixa amatikiti omdlalo wamagqibela kankqoyi wamadoda kunyaka ozayo aya kwi-100 leeponti.
“Ixabiso eliphantsi kakhulu kuthi apha ngenxa ye-euro,” utshilo uBerta Jorro, oneminyaka engama-31 ubudala, osebenza kwisebe lezabasebenzi eBanco de Espana eMadrid, ngelixa wayedlula kwibala lokutya ngaphandle kweLouis Armstrong Stadium. “Siyayithanda iNew York. Siyibonile kwiifilimu. Ixabiso eliphantsi ngenxa ye-euro. Siyonga imali eninzi xa sisiya kuthenga.”
