[新聞] Making History In a Hurry (中)

看板Nadal作者a111156987 (燈泡)時間16年前 (2008/11/28 14:06)推噓3(3推 0噓 3→)

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By proving himself a man for all surfaces – besides Wimbledon, Nadal in 2008 reached the semis for the first time at the Australian and the US Open – Nadal has significantly upgraded his place in tennis history. In nearly doubling his Slam output to five, Nadal vaulted past the likes of Kuerten, Jim Courier, Guillermo Vilas and now stands but one Slam title away from such multi-venue champions Becker and Stefan Edberg. 為了證明自己是能夠適應各種場地的人 ─ 除了溫布頓，豆豆在2008也首次打進澳網及美網四強 ─ 他將自己在網球史上的地位升級了。豆豆的大滿貫數增加了將近一倍來到五座，超越了過去像是Kuerten、Courier、Vilas等人，現在只差再一座不一樣的大滿貫就可以追上多場地冠軍Becker和Edberg。 While it's quite likely he'll earn his sixth Slam soon enough, as the 22-year-old Nadal nears his mid-20s, it's easy to imagine Nadal earning more Slams – figures that take him into the realm of such all-time top tenners as McEnroe (seven) and eight-Slammers Agassi, Connors, Ivan Lendl and Ken Rosewall. Start hitting doubles digits, and among Open era champions you enter the rarified air occupied only by Borg, Laver, Federer and Pete Sampras. 目前看來他很可能不久就會拿下他的第六座大滿貫，22歲的豆豆，我們可以想像他拿下更多的大滿貫 ─ 預料到他會進入跨越年代的頂尖選手之列，如七座大滿貫的 McEnroe，八座的Agassi、Connors、Lendl、Rosewall。甚至可能會追上(大滿貫數)兩位數、開放年代以來最強的Borg、Laver、Federer和Sampras。 (譯:這段會不會太嗨了?(汗)) It's easy to forget this, but early in 2008 there were times when Nadal looked weary, most notably when he lost in the Indian Wells semifinals to Novak Djokovic and the final of the Sony Ericsson Open to Nikolay Davydenko. As recently as Masters Series Hamburg in May, he stood one set away from dropping to No. 3 in the world. 很人易被遺忘的是，2008稍早豆豆有好幾次顯露疲態，尤其像是他在印地安泉四強輸給Djokovic，在邁阿密決賽輸給Davydenko。五月在漢堡差一點點就掉到了No.3。 (譯:人家只是沒拿到冠軍就這樣說= =... 上半年主要是Djo打太好了) But in Paris, Nadal's tremendous sense of urgency and competitive fury was brilliant. His fourth straight French Open was his most dominant of all, the Spaniard failing to yield a set (a feat last attained at Roland Garros by Borg in 1980). At Wimbledon, he beat Federer in the greatest match in tennis history, 9-7 in the fifth. Again following in Borg's footsteps, Nadal that day became the first man since the Swede in 1980 to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same year. 但是在巴黎，豆豆強大的企圖心和競爭意識非常出色。最具有統治力的還是法網四連霸，這位西班牙人未失一盤奪冠(前一次是Borg在1980年達成)。在溫布頓，他在網球史上最經典的比賽中擊敗了Federer。再次跟隨Borg的腳步，豆豆在那天成為自1980年的 Borg後第一位同年奪下法溫網的選手。 Nadal's other six 2008 titles included an Olympic gold medal in Beijing, as well as three ATP Masters Series events (Monte Carlo, Hamburg, Toronto). During this run, he'd snapped up multiple titles on clay, grass and hard courts. 豆豆2008年其它六個冠軍還包括了北京奧運金牌、三座名人賽冠軍(蒙地卡羅、漢堡、多倫多)。在此期間，他在紅土、草地、硬地上都有拿下冠軍。 "I know how tough it is to be No. 1," Nadal said during the US Open. "And I know for sure I can go back to No. 2 or No. 3 in next months, no? So you have to be ready for everything and try to enjoy this moment and accept everything." 「我知道要當第一有多麼困難。」豆豆在美網時這麼說。「我也很明白我有可能在未來的幾個月中回到No.2或No.3，不是嗎?所以你必須做好準備然後嘗試享受當下，並且接受任何事發生。」 How does Nadal's 2008 rank among the greatest years in Open era history? The pinnacle is Rod Laver's unmatched 1969 calendar-year sweep of all four Slams. Five years later, Jimmy Connors won 99 out of 103 matches and every Slam he entered, the only gap resulting when Connors' participation in World Team Tennis led to his banishment from Roland Garros (another mitigating factor: the extreme shallowness in those years of the Australian Open field). In 1988, Mats Wilander also won three Slams, losing in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. 豆豆輝煌的2008年在開放年代以來佔著怎樣的地位呢?最顛峰的紀錄是Rod Laver 的1969年，拿下全部四座大滿貫。五年後Jimmy Connors在109場比賽中贏了99場，以及拿下所有他有參加的大滿貫，沒拿到的那一個，是因為他當時參加了WTT的比賽而被取消法網參賽資格(另一個次要原因:當時對澳網的輕視)。在1988年，Wilander也拿下了三座大滿貫，在溫布頓止步四強。 (譯註: WTT(World TeamTennis)是當時與ATP相抗衡的男子網球聯盟，詳情可上WIKI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Team_Tennis 另外，關於該次要原因的典故我看不懂也找不到(汗)，有請強者補充。) In a three-decade span from 1969 to 1999, there were 20 different years when a man earned two Slams in a calendar year, led by Pete Sampras accomplishing this on four occasions between 1993 and '97. 在1969到1999的這三十年間，有超過20年有單一男子選手拿到兩個以上的大滿貫，以Sampras在1993~1997之間四度達成為最。 Federer has topped everyone but Laver, notching a trio of three-Slam years in 2004, 2006 and 2007. Federer曾在2004、2006、2007連續三年拿下三座大滿貫，超越Laver以外的所有選手。 So while certainly Nadal's 2008 has been spectacular, it joins a long list of other notable tennis seasons. But perhaps the most engaging part of Nadal's success is his youth – and the way everything from his success to his demeanor gives evidence of even more great things to come. 豆豆的2008年的確是非常出色，足以列入一長串經典球季表現的名單。但他的成功中最令人著迷的是他的年輕 ─ 還有其他所有事，從他的成功到風度都證明這這一切甚至更好。 (譯:破折號之後的句子讓我想好久還是翻得怪怪的= =) -- ╭──────╥────────────────╥────────────╮ │██████║ ┌╮ ─╮ ╭ ─╮ ╭╮ ╭ ╭╮ ─╮ ╭ ─╮ ╭ │ │█Ψ████║ ╞╯ ╭┤ ┼ ╭┤ ├╯ │ Ψ ││ ╭┤ ╭┤ ╭┤ │ │ │██████║ ┘╰ ╰└ ┘ ╰└ ╰┘ ┘ ┘┘ ╰└ ╰└ ╰└ ┘ │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.117.189.60