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How do you rate the final to come? Do you see in Clijsters/Henin...
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: You mean the women's final?
Q. Yes.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: I thought you were going to ask me about the mixed doubles.
What a surprise, a Belgian asking about the Belgian final.
Q. Do you see it evolving into a classic rivalry like we've had in the past?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Well, we could. It's too early for that. But hopefully
that will happen. But for that to happen, Kim needs to
win a few of those finals in the Grand Slams. So far,
Justine has had the upper hand.
But it certainly has all the makings of the contrasts
and a great rivalry between two fantastic players.
The fact that they're coming from Belgium, it's sort of
a footnote. For you guys it's a big deal. But tennis
players -- it's like McEnroe asked Safin yesterday if he
doesn't like Americans because he beats Americans. You do
not ever think about where somebody is from when you're
playing them. Maybe when a Belgian plays another Belgian,
but it gets old, too.
So it's just another match. And the rivalry definitely is
potentially a great one.
Q. Do you think the more they play each other, the less relevant or the less
important becomes their nationality?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Yeah. Everything becomes less relevant when you play
each other more. Then it's just one-on-one, as it should
be. So the more you're familiar with something, the less
the unusual situation becomes relevant, just like with
Serena and Venus playing each other in the finals.
First time it was a huge deal, then it diminished every
time. You become familiar with what's going to happen on
the court and off the court. And that's the way it should
be. It should just be a great match between two great
players. You know, where you come from is really
irrelevant.
Q. Do you think Justine and Kim have brought something new into tennis, and do
you think they can still dominate women's tennis for a long time?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: You know, any time anybody gets to No. 1, people talk
about domination. So it's really funny. When Steffi
started winning everything, "She's going to be dominating."
Well, it turns out she did.
But usually, you know, Davenport was No. 1, then she's
going to dominate; Hingis, she's going to dominate. It's
too soon to talk about that. Let just say they're No. 1
and 2 right now.
The tennis world, I think, still feels that it's because
Serena and Venus aren't here. Venus was here, but wasn't
quite up to task. Serena still hasn't played since
Wimbledon.
So, you know, when somebody loses the ranking because of
injury, you don't feel like somebody really earned it.
So until Serena comes back and then she gets beaten,
then you can talk about domination.
But people are talking about domination, and it happened
too soon. Yeah, Serena and Venus were winning everything.
Now they're not playing. Now Kim and Justine are winning
everything.
But the fascinating time will be when Serena and Venus
both are in full force and playing, then we got four
heavyweights going at it instead of two right now.
Q. What do you think is the most fascinating, a Williams final or a Belgian
final?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Great tennis, that's what I'm looking for. You know,
Safin, Agassi, I don't care where they're from, they
played great tennis. Federer, Ferrero, hopefully we'll
see another great match tonight and a great final.
I said the ball doesn't know how old you are, the ball
certainly doesn't know where you're from when it's
getting whacked.
I think any time you have a contrast, it's better than if
you have the same. I think it's better to have one of the
Williams sisters playing a Belgian. But bottom line is,
if you have a great match, it doesn't matter. So we'll
just hope for a great match and let the better woman win.
Q. You've spoken about the No. 1 position. Justine Henin told a lot about the
stress of being No. 1. You don't hear the men complaining about it. Is it
maybe the women's tennis, the mental side is a little bit more fragile?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Wasn't it Wilander that said he didn't want to be No. 1?
Q. I think so.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Thank you. Asked and answered.
So, no, it's not a woman's thing. You never heard me
complaining. You never heard Chris Evert complaining.
You never heard anybody complaining. I don't think
Justine is complaining. Yeah, there's stress about being
No. 1. Everybody wants to beat you. You know, you can't
win. You can only lose. So you can only protect what you
have, but you can't go any higher.
But I've not heard anybody really -- I've not heard any
women complaining about it. So to make it a woman thing or
a man thing is a pretty sexist suggestion.
Q. How did you cope with being No. 1?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Well, I liked that better than the option, which was being
No. 2 or something else. It's very simple. You know, you
don't ever go and say, "I want to be No. 2, I want to be
No. 3." For some players, the goal is getting in the Top
10, the Top 20, whatever. Some players know no matter how
hard they work, they can never be better than 45, whatever.
So that's okay.
But when you know you have the goods to be No. 1, then
that's what you want. You don't start losing just so you
can get back up again.
King of the mountain, that's where you want to be.
.................
Q. In order to have a classic rivalry, you need probably complementary
personalities, styles of game. Do you think that's the case for Clijsters
and Henin?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: "Complementary," you mean contrasting?
Q. Yes, contrasting.
play exactly the same way, that's why Austin and Evert
was never a classic rivalry, because they were like
mirror images of one another.
So, yeah, because obviously there are some differences in
their personalities and their styles, how they approach
the game, how they play the game, how they play the points
and all that stuff. So the contrast is there, yeah.
And I think that's, again, another thing that's missing
with Venus and Serena because they play so much like one
another. It would be, to me -- the fact that they're
sisters is not that big a deal anymore because they've
done it. But what's missing in that rivalry is the
contrast in styles.
So the Belgians have it. And they speak two different
languages on top of that - from the same country. They
couldn't talk to each other.
Q. Now they can.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Now they can, yeah.
Q. But Justine is still a bit shy in English, perhaps maybe because she
doesn't have the same vocabulary as Kim has. How do you see her personality
evolve in the next few years, as we know her now?
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: I have no idea. I mean, her English is just fine. It
will be interesting. Again, the biggest thing will be
when the Williams sisters come back in full force.
That's when I'm looking forward to.
You know, the time passes you by. The longer you're away,
the women are catching up. And there's no question they're
playing better tennis now than they did a year ago or two
years ago. So it will be great to see that pick up again.
But where Justine's personality will evolve, who knows.
Only she knows. She might not even know. I don't know
that. I don't know what I'll be doing two years from now.
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不愧是老娜 說的很好 點出一些問題
講話很中肯
他訪問還有點出HINGIS 庫娃 男單決賽
在美女版
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