2012年2月2日 星期四

Gotta Admire Your Highness...

From RF.com Nacciyar Written on: 01/28/2012 | 10:19 PM



Nadal is only 7 Slams away. He seems immune to pressure, because he's never felt the pressure forever deflecting it on to someone else, usually Roger. 

Nadal現在也只差七座,他好想對壓力有免疫力,因為他總是把壓力丟個另一個人,那人通常是Roger


So, I don't think it will be as hard to achieve the Slam total for him as it was Roger...with Roger everyone expected him to be spectacular even before he won a title. The talk of breaking Pete's record had started when he was still in single digits.

所以我認為跟Roger比起來他要贏大滿貫數相對簡單。Roger還沒贏得第一個冠軍前,大家就已經期待他能打得出色了,甚至他還只有各位數個大滿貫冠軍時,大家就已經在講他會破Pete的紀錄。


Nadal has benefited enormously from Roger's presence. Furthermore, for the first few years he was "just" a clay courter, and when he made a mark on other surfaces, everyone was surprised. Wow, look at this boy who tries so hard. We shouldn't expect him to win, because, look he's already trying so hard.

Nadal因為Roger在他前面而受惠良多;不僅如此,前幾年他還只是個打紅土的,當他開始在其他場地嶄露頭角,大家很驚訝。“哇屋,看這個大男孩多努力啊,我們不應該期待他要拿冠軍,看,他已經這麼努力了。”


Furthermore, Nadal hasn't had to do deal with the pressure of not winning one of the 4 majors. He won USO 10, gift wrapped to him...so, there's no striving for the goal.

Nadal也不用面對沒集滿四大滿貫的壓力,10美網根本是送他的,也沒有要為某個目標努力的動力。


Of course, no one talks about his abysmal performance at the WTF, and indeed, it appears that the media diminishes that tournament's significance, saying it's at the tail end, everyone is tired or injured etc.

當然也不會有人提起他在年終賽的濫表現,確實媒體也一直詆毀年終賽的重要性,反正到了年底大家也累了、傷了。


It says something about the homogeneity of court surfaces and the balls when both Nadal and Djokovic have won 3 Slams in a year. When Roger did it (3 times) it was considered incredible. Just to win Wimbledon/RG back to back was considered a feat! Now, all of this is par for the course.

場地無差異性、用球改變多少也說明了為何NadalDjokovic可以在一年贏三個大滿貫。Roger達成此成就時(三次)大家認為這很了不起,連贏溫法網還是件大事呢!現在,這一切也沒什麼特別的了。



From RF.com feddy052377  Written on: 01/28/2012 | 10:41 PM

A lot of really good stuff here. 7 slams is still a lot and no easy feat, but a win today will send him hurtling closer to his goal.

這篇有很多不錯的論點,七座大滿貫還是很多也不簡單達到,但今天這場贏下來會讓他離目標更近。


Great point about the early pressure on Federer practically ever since his fourth slam win , i.e., the 2004 USO. After that amazing performance, everyone talked about him possibly becoming the greatest ever and the talk of the career slam and grand slam started then and put pressure on Federer for a long time. In addition, ever since 2006, statistically the greatest season in ATP tour history along with perhaps JMac's '84 season, people have pestered Federer about RN. People were calling RN the "real #1" during Fed's 2006 year!

有關Federer還沒打比賽就要面對壓力這講得太好了,這大概是從他的第四個大滿貫,04美網開始。自從他決賽的鬼神表現後,大家都在講他可能成為史上最佳,生涯大滿貫啦、破14座紀錄啦,這些壓力從此長久環繞在Federer身邊。而且2006年的戰績大概是JMAC1984年之後ATP史上最好的,此後大家就一直拿Nadal來煩他,那年大家還叫Nadal真正的球王咧~                                  


Having Fed a repository of deflected pressure has indeed greatly benefited RN although it can be said that had it not been for Federer's tremendous play, RN might already have a good argument for GOAT as he would have had the most weeks ever at #1 (RN had enough points in 2005-2007 to be #1 in most years).

Roger有個壓力儲藏室真的讓Nadal受惠不少,雖然也可以說成要不是有Roger驚人的成就,RN搞不好已經可以跟GOAT扯上邊,因為他會有多禮拜的第一紀錄(RN05~07的積分在任何年份都已經足夠讓他當上第一)。


Unfortunately for Federer, most people will forget about all of his extraordinary achievements, cf.,
wikipedia page as the achievements are too numerous to enumerate which make the case for him as GOAT IF RN gets close to the slam count. Federer is so much more than the slam count. His level of success over the past eight years or so is simply unparallelled; he has been greatness personified on every surface, at every tournament, seemingly NEVER blown out, and always in every match against every opponent on every surface. His F's, SFs, QFs streaks, his streak of winning titles, streak against top 10 opponents, overall against the top 10, etc., etc., will all be overlooked if RN gets close to 16 because of the H-to-H advantage, even though that advantage is the result of unique historical parameters.

不幸的是對Federer來說大家會忘記他所有超凡的成就,維基百科上的紀錄多到不勝枚舉,如果RN接近他的大滿貫數的話,以他的各項紀錄來說他就是史上最佳,Federer的成就根本不只有大滿貫冠軍數。過去八年他成就的等級根本無與倫比,他是每個場地、每個錦標的最佳詮釋;看起來每場比賽對上每個對手在每種場地,他從沒慘敗過。如果RN接近他的大滿貫冠軍數的話,因為對戰戰績的關係,他的連續決賽、四強、八強紀錄,連續贏得冠軍的紀錄、連續對上Top10贏球的紀錄、對上Top 10的總戰績……等等都會被忽略,雖然說這對戰戰績的結果是因為特殊的對戰組合與球風相剋。

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