Battle of the greatest captains?

看板ALL-RUSSIANS作者Escude (竹黃池冷芙蓉死)時間18年前 (2007/04/02 00:31)推噓3(3推 0噓 0→)

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※ [本文轉錄自 FRA_hotties 看板] 作者: Escude (竹黃池冷芙蓉死) 看板: FRA_hotties 標題: Battle of the greatest captains? 時間: Mon Apr 2 00:30:53 2007 隨手翻翻不要太挑剔XD http://www.daviscup.com/news/newsarticle.asp?id=14138 Battle of the greatest captains? 26 Mar 2007 - Chris Bowers For the third time in three years, Russia and France meet in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, and it once more pits against each other the two most respected Davis Cup captains of the current era. 俄羅斯與法國三年內連續三次在八強碰頭，而雙方將由當代兩位最廣受尊崇的隊長率領。 The achievements of Shamil Tarpischev and Guy Forget are being written into the folklore of the 107-year-old competition with every passing year. Indeed some might say they are the greatest captains the competition has known. That is an impossible claim to substantiate, because how do you compare today’s captains with the extraordinary achievements of the legendary Australian Harry Hopman, who captained his nation for 21 years, winning the cup 16 times? Times have changed so much since Hopman’s day that it’s like comparing apples with tennis balls. Shamil Tarpischev和Guy Forget的成就每年都在這個一百零七歲賽事中為人傳誦，有些人還聲稱這兩位是DC使上最棒的競爭，這個論點無從證明，畢竟澳洲傳奇Harry Hopman曾經帶領澳洲隊21年並奪得16次冠軍，可是時代也改變很大，爭辯誰才偉大就像拿蘋果跟網球比，是不會有定論的。 Hopman never helped to run a country as Tarpischev did when he was Boris Yeltsin’s close aide in the Kremlin in the early 1990s as Russia established its fragile statehood out of the embers of the collapsed Soviet Union. And Hopman, good player though he was, never scored as memorable a victory on court as Forget’s over Pete Sampras in 1991 to give France their first Davis Cup triumph in 59 years. Hopman沒有Tarpischev的這項經歷：在九十年代初期蘇聯瓦解時，Tarpischev曾是葉爾欽的近臣。 Hopman雖然是個好球員，但是不像Forget那樣在1991年Davis Cup擊敗Sampras、為法國帶來59年來第一座冠軍，留下值得回味再三的比賽。 Hopman’s record as a captain is almost beyond comprehension, but two things must be remembered. Firstly, in his day (1949-69) the champions always went through to the next year’s final (the Challenge Round), so in all but five years of his reign Australia only had one tie to play. Secondly, he was helped by a conveyor belt of champions – from Frank Sedgman, through Lew Hoad and Rod Laver, to John Newcombe and Tony Roche – that would make Tarpischev and Forget, or any other captain, green with envy. Hopman的記錄無與倫比，但是也不要忘了在他那個時代，冠軍總是直接保送隔年的決賽，在他帶隊的時期有五年澳洲隊只需要打決賽一戰，其次，他旗下有一串冠軍選手，從Frank Sedgman、Lew Hoad、Rod Laver，到John Newcombe和Tony Roche，這種陣容可是讓Tarpischev和Forget以及任何隊長都會感到眼紅的。 Nevertheless, both the men who will sit courtside at the Luzhniki indoor arena have maximised the forces available to them with great tactical and man management skill – an increasingly difficult task in an age when the stars play for their country because they want to, not because they are told to. Hopman laid down laws with a draconian fist that today’s captains would never dream of trying to use. Tarpischev和Forget都必須利用戰術和管理技巧來將團隊力量發揮到最大，這在現代網球界是很難辦到的，因為球星們為國打球是出於自己的意志，而不是被指派這項任務。Hopman那種隊長最大、隊長說了算的觀念已經不存在了。 “Captains have to realise that the game has changed dramatically in that respect,” says John Lloyd, who captains Great Britain’s Davis Cup team in the Euro-African Zone 1, also over the Easter weekend. “You can’t issue orders like Hopman did. You have to accept that most players have coaches of their own and listen to their needs, but in the final analysis you have to make decisions that you believe are correct, no matter what the consequences.” 英國DC隊長John Lloyd就說，「隊長們要明白這項比賽在那方面已經經歷了很戲劇性的改變了。你不能像Hopman那樣威權式的下命令，你要接受大部分的球員都有各自的教練，並且要傾聽他們的需求，但是在最後的分析部份，是你要做出你認為正確的決定，無論後果會是如何。」 Neither Tarpischev nor Forget have been afraid to make tough calls. Forget never went as far as his predecessor, Yannick Noah, who fired a player from his team because “he looked so miserable”, but he did read the riot act to some cliques within his squad after France lost to Australia in the 1999 final. By the time the French journeyed to Melbourne just two years later, Forget had created such a good team spirit that Nicolas Escude, aided by Cedric Pioline and Fabrice Santoro in the doubles, led France to a memorable triumph over Australia on a grass court laid in the Rod Laver Arena. The way Forget fashioned that victory set him apart as a captain of the highest order. Tarpischev與Forget都不曾為艱難決定而退縮。 Forget不曾做出像前任法國隊長Noah那樣，因為「他看起來好慘」而開除隊上球員而引發爭議，但他在1999年帶隊在決賽輸給澳洲隊後確實面臨許多對他和團隊的抨擊。在兩年後，法國隊來到了墨爾本， Forget讓由Escude（原文漏掉Grosjean?）、Pioline和Santoro組成的法國隊充滿團結一致的團隊精神，在鋪成草地球場的Rod Laver Arena得到值得紀念的勝利。 Forget就這樣確立了他作為隊長的威信。 Tarpischev has vastly more experience than Forget. He first captained the Soviet Union back in 1974 when the global political and economic – let alone sporting – climate was totally different. Despite having some quality players like Alex Metreveli, it was a struggle to compete with the major tennis nations in those days, and it was not until the mid-1990s, while Tarpischev was still occupied with affairs in the Kremlin, that the new Russia started reaching Davis Cup finals. Vadim Borosov captained the Russian team that lost to Sweden in 1994, and Yevgeny Kafelnikov’s coach Anatoly Lepeshin was in the chair when the USA beat Russia a year later. Tarpischev比Forget的經驗更加豐富，從1974年就首次擔任蘇聯隊隊長，當時的政經情形與現在自然完全不同。雖然擁有不錯的隊員如Alex Metreveli，在當年蘇聯要跟其他網球列強競爭仍是挺吃力的，直到九十年代中期，Tarpischev被克林姆林宮的政務纏身，但此刻新生的俄羅斯也開始打進DC決賽了，由Vadim Borosov帶隊的俄羅斯在1994年決賽輸給瑞典， Kafelnikov的教練Anatoly Lepeshin則是在隔年帶隊，決賽輸給美國。 Tarpischev had a major role to play in the 2002 final. The undemonstrative captain, who normally says little to his players during matches, persuaded the 20-year-old Mikhail Youzhny that the decisive fifth rubber was not a lost cause when he trailed France’s Paul-Henri Mathieu by two sets. Youzhny bounced back to post the only victory from two sets down in a Davis Cup final’s fifth rubber. Tarpischev的關鍵一役是2002年的決賽，這位通常在比賽過程中沈默寡言的領隊，鼓勵年方二十的Youzhny，在最後一點單打落後對手Mathieu兩盤並不是構成失敗的理由， Youzhny果然反敗為勝，打出DC決賽史上唯一一場輸二贏三的第五點比賽。 Yet it was last September, when Russia hosted the USA in the semifinals, that Tarpischev established himself as one of the shrewdest Davis Cup leaders in history. He looked at the world No. 3, Nikolay Davydenko, for whom a claycourt had been laid in Moscow’s Olympic Stadium, decided he wasn’t fit enough to play, and dropped him (by some accounts, not everyone in the Russian camp agreed). Youzhny, taking Davydenko’s place, proved his captain right by defeating James Blake. For his next trick, Tarpischev replaced Youzhny for the first reverse singles against Andy Roddick with the unproven claycourter, Dmitry Tursunov. Right again. Tursunov produced the performance of his life, serving Roddick off the court in the first two sets before squeaking a dramatic victory 17-15 in the fifth. 然而，去年九月俄羅斯在四強對上美國，才確立Tarpischev是DC史上最精明隊長之一的名聲。他先判定讓排名較低的Youzhny比當時排名世界第三的Davydenko更適合單打位置，而Youzhny也打敗了Blake證明Tarpischev判斷正確。接著Tarpischev又讓Tursunov代替Youzhny打第四點單打， Tursunov打出了生涯代表作，跟Roddick纏鬥到第五盤後以17-15贏得晉級決賽的資格。 Tarpischev needed to be less bold in the final, but the pivotal rubber proved to be the doubles, in which his gamble of picking Tursunov to partner Marat Safin again paid off. Tarpischev’s players did the work in Russia’s second Davis Cup by BNP Paribas title, but it was a captain’s victory too for the remarkable 59-year-old. Tarpischev在決賽中又秀了一手，這次由雙打扛下任務，他讓Tursunov與Safin搭檔，再度贏了關鍵一把， Tarpischev的球員們為俄羅斯的第二座冠軍縱橫球場，但也是傑出的五十九歲隊長運籌帷幄之功。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 134.225.169.81 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 134.225.169.81