[魯賽] 老魯復出打元老賽
Britain’s Greg Rusedski has set his sights on avenging a painful defeat to
Pete Sampras at the BlackRock Masters Tennis rather than a return to the
British Davis Cup team.
老魯準備復出打元老賽,想找上老山報仇
Rusedski today joined the 1997 Wimbledon finalist Cedric Pioline, French
Davis Cup captain Guy Forget and former British No.1 Jeremy Bates in signing
up to the eight-man field at the Royal Albert Hall, 2-7 December, but he does
not intend to make a Davis Cup return. Sampras, Stefan Edberg, Goran
Ivanisevic and John McEnroe complete the field at the BlackRock Masters
Tennis, which is now in its 12th year.
預計參加的還有Pioline,Forget,Bates,Sampras,Edberg,Ivanisevic和Mcenroe
Recent reports had suggested that Rusedski might be interested in returning
to Great Britain’s Davis Cup team, which he represented for 13 years between
1995 and 2007. Those reports were subsequently denied by his spokesperson,
and Rusedski confirmed today that his only playing plans were to compete at
the Royal Albert Hall, rather than in Britain’s Davis Cup clash with Ukraine
next year.
最近有報導指出Rusedski對回國家隊打台維斯杯有興趣
但老魯今天否認了
Rusedski reached the US Open final in 1997 and is keen to register only his
second ever wins against Sampras and Ivanisevic, who both dominated him 9-1
during their professional playing careers.
Rusedski曾經在97年打進美網決賽
此次將尋求對Sampras和Goran的第二勝
“I think I’ll stick with trying to win the BlackRock Masters Tennis at the
Royal Albert Hall in December,” said Rusedski, when asked about the Davis
Cup reports.
“The competition at the Royal Albert Hall is going to be tough enough as it
is! Pete Sampras was one of the greatest, if not the greatest player to have
played the sport. He won 14 Grand Slam titles and has kept himself in great
shape. Stefan Edberg is also in fabulous shape, I practiced with him a lot
when he lived in London and he plays a lot of squash. Both of those guys have
won more than one Wimbledon and they will really make the competition tough
at the BlackRock Masters Tennis this time. Pete was a guy that I only managed
to beat once, but it would be great to beat him a second time, especially as
this event is in London.”
The last time Rusedski faced Sampras, the Briton endured a heart-breaking
7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 loss in the 3rd round of the US Open in 2002.
Afterwards, in his post-match press conference, Rusedski caused a furore by
suggesting that Sampras was ‘a step and a half slower’ than in previous
years. Sampras went on to win the title.
“I should have got 20% for motivating him, but I’m still waiting for my
cheque!” joked Rusedski, when asked about his comments.
“Look, I was disappointed about losing that match and sometimes you go into
a press conference too quickly after a match and say things that you don’t
mean or shouldn’t say. I did that and then watched him win the tournament.
At the time, when I saw the difficult draw he had, I thought it would be
tough for him to do that, but as the rest of the tournament went on, I had a
sneaking feeling that he might go on and win it, and he did. It was an
incredible achievement to win his 14th Grand Slam title and he’s a legend of
the sport.”
Rusedski will also be looking to win his second straight match against
Ivanisevic, having lost all of their nine initial encounters. He earned
numerous match points against the Croatian over the years, including during a
record-equalling 20-18 tie-break at The Queen’s Club, but he didn’t take
any of them until winning their final clash in Auckland in 2002.
“No-one beats Greg Rusedski ten times in a row, not even Goran Ivanisevic!”
said Rusedski, with his own take on the classic Vitas Gerulaitis quip.
“Goran is a great personality and a great player and it didn’t seem to
matter how many match points I had, I just couldn’t beat him. Maybe I can
now! I came into the BlackRock Masters Tennis as an alternate last year and
really enjoyed it. The Royal Albert Hall is a fabulous venue and it’s great
to get back out there and play again because you really miss that buzz of
competition and being out there in front of people. The BlackRock Masters
Tennis allows you to enjoy that again, you can be competitive without going
back on the main tour.”
As well as the singles draw, a high-quality doubles field will also entertain
the crowds at the Royal Albert Hall. Henri Leconte, Pat Cash, Mansour
Bahrami, Peter Fleming, Tom Gullikson, Mikael Pernfors and Chris Wilkinson
are all scheduled to appear.
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