[溫網] Navratilova的訪問
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An interview with Martina Navratilova
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Q. We want to talk about Petra.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Who?
Q. Kvitova.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Just kidding.
Q. And being a lefty, doing well here.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Well, I was actually talking to Joel Drucker, who works
with me at the Tennis Channel, and we were trying to figure out the fourth
best lefty that ever played the came. We couldn't really come up with one. I
thought the closest was Monica, myself and then Ann Jones. There's been so
few women lefties that are good. Like Dianne Fromholtz, she was ranked No. 4
at one point. But couldn't really come up with one.
I got to thinking now with Kvitova the final, potential winner, she would be
the third lefty Czech to win this with Drobny. Really, if you think about the
Czech Republic and Slovakia, Hingis came from there originally, Lendl,
myself, Kodes won here in '73. It's astonishing. And Berdych was in the
finals last year. Now Kvitova potentially winning. Hana Mandlikova. So many
great players came out of a very little country consistently.
But I don't know. You know, a lot of hungry kids and opportunities. I think
the club tennis makes a big difference. You go to the club and hang out all
day, become a little gym rat, a tennis rat. You play a lot of tennis and do
other sports. If there's nobody to play with, you kick the ball against the
wall, or you play against the wall, play football. Very active.
提到溫布頓的捷克人時忘了Novotna。
Q. How do you think she matches up against Sharapova?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: She matches up well. That lefty serve, she curved a few
in there today. It was beautiful. I think for Petra, the key has always been
to minimize the streaks of bad play. She's very streaky, which is good on the
good side, but she's been able to do that for the most part.
I thought she was reliving the French Open when she was up 3 Love in the
third, lost 6 3. She had a little bit of a hiccup today, but recovered. She
hits such a heavy ball. I think she can match up pretty well. I think she
will return better than Lisicki did today.
Q. Will we see a volley?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: She hit a lot of nice forehand volleys. Dropshots, as
well. She likes to come in, if she can.
Q. How long have you known her?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: I've seen her in the locker room. Spoken to her a couple
times. She's very sweet. It's funny because I haven't had that many players
that said, You're my hero. It's nice. I thought she was too young for that
(laughter). I think she saw me in my 30s.
Q. How big a liability is Maria's serve and how do you think she can exploit
it?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Lisicki didn't. She was up 3 Love. Maria double faulted
twice in the next game. That was her opportunity. I think she could have
blown the match wide open there. She missed it. She's been regrouping every
match. Gets down 3 Love, 4 1.
I think Petra will return better and it will be easier for her to hold serve.
That lefty serve will pay off a little bit more. She doesn't hit it as hard
as Sabine but gets more first serves in.
It will totally first strike on the ball. I think Maria probably has the best
return in the game. With the serves, I think Kvitova will get on top of the
rally a little bit earlier than Maria maybe.
It's such a tossup. It basically comes down to who serves better. I thought
that was the case today with Sharapova and Lisicki. Maria held her serve
enough. Once the ball is in play, Sharapova has an edge. Once the ball is in
play, Sharapova has an edge with Petra, as well, but not so big. She hits
such a heavy ball.
Q. What are the advantages to the lefty serve?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Well, I mean, you have to guard against that slice out
wide. It just opens up the court a little bit. But it seems that the lefties
always have a good slice. The ball moves more and it's not the wind, you
know. We just get on the outside of the ball more maybe because we know we
can get to the backhand, practice it. You could hit it in your sleep. You
practice it, use it more, therefore it becomes better. I don't know.
She has a great slice. She stands over. I don't know if I would stand that
far over because you're vulnerable to the down the line. She doesn't hit the
T serve as much. She hits it so hard, she doesn't have to locate the ball
that well. It's still a winning serve.
Q. Kvitova is the best evolution of women's tennis, possible evolution, the
best one.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Well, right now she's riding a big wave. She was in the
semis here last year. She's in the top 10, still improving. I've been saying
all along the next wave of players will become better all around players.
They'll come to the net more. She likes to move forward. She's not just going
east/west, she's looking to go north. It's nice to see that.
I think that's the next step. And also maybe use more spin. The guys put a
lot more topspin on the ball than the women do. That goes to strength as
well. You can only swing that hard, as hard as the guys do.
Speaking of hard, I've never heard a ball make the sound as when Tsonga hits
a forehand. I've never heard that before. It's like, Are you kidding me?
Q. Is being a great grass court player more instinct than really learning?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: No, it's both. It's both. But I think the best athletes
come through more because they're able to adapt to the bad bounce, to awkward
shots, to playing an all around game than the baseliners.
I mean, it's more instinctual in that you don't have as many choices on
grass. It's key not to over-think it too much and play by instinct, so maybe
you're right. In a roundabout way, it comes to that.
Q. What would you answer to Petra if she asked you to help her to become No.
1 in the world?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Well, she's doing pretty well with her coach. I don't
think she needs my help. She's doing a great job. They seem to know what
they're doing.
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