Genius, Not Genteel

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『休』得胡言，網開『伊』面 The Trouble with Lleyton For a twenty-one-year-old, Lleyton Hewitt has made some impressive achievements: the young Australian has already attained Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles and the distinction of being the youngest number-one-ranked tennis player in history. Less impressive, though just as memorable, have been his on-court outbursts. 　就年僅二十一歲的人來說，李頓．休伊特已締造了好幾項令人欽佩的成就：這位澳洲年輕小夥子曾贏得溫布頓和美國公開賽冠軍，榮膺網球史上最年輕世界第一的殊榮。比較令人不敢恭維又著實教人難忘的，則是他球場上火爆的行徑。 Hewitt gloriously won his first professional title in his hometown, Adelaide, in 1998. Two years later, however, at the home crowd were jeering him because he had branded them "stupid" for cheering hes opponent; at the 2001 French Open, he offended disabled people when he called the chair umpire "a spastic." 　1998年，休伊特在老家阿德萊得光榮拿下首座職業賽冠軍。然而事隔兩年，在同一賽事上，他卻遭到家鄉父老不斷揶揄，因為他曾在他們為對手打氣時，汙辱他們是「笨蛋」;在2001年的法國公開賽，他叫坐在高腳椅上的主審「殘廢」，因而冒犯了殘障人士。 But Hewitt's most controversial moment came during the 2001 U.S. Open, when, upset with one particular linesman's calls against him, he loudly suggested the chair umpire look at "the similarity." To most observers, the only apparent similarity was that the linesman and Hewitt's opponent, James Blake, were both black. 　但休伊特引發最大爭議的一刻莫過於2001年的美國公開賽，當時，他對某名線審幾次判他違例大感不滿，遂大聲地叫主審看看「他們相似的地方」。對所有旁觀者來說，線審和休伊特的對手詹姆斯．布雷克只有一個明顯的相似之處：都是黑人。 Hewitt claimed that his remarks weren't racially loaded, that the similarity he was referring to was between the bad calls and the end at which they were continuously being made－not the most articulate player on the circuit, it's a good thing that, these days, Lleyton lets his racket do more of the talking. 　休伊特辯稱他的言論未含種族色彩，他所說的相似，指的是「這些爛判決」和「頻頻吹出爛判決的端線裁判」之間的關係──既然不是網壇頂尖能言善道的選手，最近休伊特大多以球拍代替本尊發言，未嘗不是一件好事。 The Road Ahead Lleyton Hewitt's next tennis challenge is the Australian Open. Curiously, the Rebound Ace surface, which Hewitt considers to be to his advantage, is where he has recorded some of his worst tournament results. Last year, an illness-stricken Hewitt was knocked out in the first round. But this time around , things are sure to be different for the fit-and-on-form world number one. 　李頓．休伊特下一場網球挑戰是澳洲公開賽。匪夷所思的是，在這座休伊特認為對自己有利的Rebound Ace橡膠硬地球場中，他卻留下好幾次最難堪的記錄。去年，病魔纏身的休伊特在第一輪就被淘汰出局。但是，今年此時，世界第一健康無虞全力出擊，局面定會改觀。 At just 175 centimeters tall, Hewitt bases his game around a magnificent service return, rather than the serve and volley of players such as Pete Sampras and Marat Safin. Like the scurrying baseliner Andre Agassi, Hewitt enables him to chase down balls that many players wouldn't even consider attempting to reach. This is what makes him such an exciting player to watch and why he was garnered such high praise from past tennis champions. 　身高僅１７５公分的休伊特，比賽中以絕佳的接發球來與對手周旋，而非採用山普拉斯與沙芬等選手的發球上網。休伊特與腳步迅捷的底線型選手阿格西相仿，擁有不可思議地場上速度，讓他救得到許多選手根本不會想去碰的球。這點造就他成為一名令觀眾興奮的選手，也是他之所以得到歷任世界冠軍高度讚賞的原因。 Tennis legend Billie Jean King said that, for a little guy, he's incredible; in the eyes of John McEnroe, Hewitt is a " one-on-a-million guy," a player who figures out ways to win and play with "unbelievable intensity." This January, many will be watching to see if the electrifying Australian will finally figure out a way to claim his first major title on home soil. 　網壇傳奇人物金恩夫人曾說，就小個子而言，他真是不可思議；在約翰．馬克安諾的眼中，休伊特是個「難得一見的好小子」，一名會想盡辦法贏球、球風「強悍得難以置信」的選手。今年一月，許多人正等著看這位衝擊力十足的澳洲小子，是否終能找出辦法，奪下他在祖國的首座大滿貫冠軍。 ─by Colin Gread 資料來源：實用空中美語2003元月號／Day8.Day9 -- 阻隔台南與台北的必然不是北回歸線而是赤道!是赤道! 要不，十二月中哪來這麼熱的鬼天氣 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.csie.ntu.edu.tw) ◆ From: 140.116.105.19