McEnroe Hails Djokovic, Tennis' Golden - 網球 Tennis

McEnroe Hails Djokovic, Tennis' Golden Era
New York, U.S.A.

by James Buddell

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02.02.2012


John McEnroe believes World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has "become as mentally tough
- as you possibly can be - on a tennis court. Certainly athletically."

J.McEnroe認為囧科已成為你在網球場上所能做到心理素質最強悍的

編:意指心理素質有史以來最強--評價超高的耶

Speaking at a tennis academy, in New York, on Wednesday, McEnroe said,
"Djokovic has lifted his game to a point where I think his return has now maybe
surpassed [Andre] Agassi. It used to be [Jimmy] Connors and Agassi. Now it's
like beyond belief, what [Djokovic] can do with the return."

他認為囧科的接發球應該已經超越Connors和Agassi了

編:評價繼續超高XD 接發超越這兩位,應該能算史上最佳了吧?

Djokovic captured his fifth Grand Slam championship title as he defeated
No. 2-ranked Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5 in five hours and 53
minutes - the longest major championship final on record - at the Australian
Open on Sunday.

"He's much more elastic," said McEnroe. "I noticed years ago, how flexible
he was and how hard he worked on it. I thought to myself, 'This is going to
pay off.' I didn't realise to what extent and [how big an] advantage this
would be. I think it's something that has to be considered very seriously
by other players, because there is lost more balls being hit with an open
stance, off the back foot.

繼續稱讚囧科的身體素質XD-彈性和柔軟度
並且他認為其他球員也該認真思考,因為有越來越多開放站位的球被打丟

"I think his forehand is one of the biggest shots in the game, and his
backhand has become better. [It] doesn't seem like a whole lot of things are
going to go wrong."

他指出囧科正拍很強,反拍也更好了,基本上沒什麼缺點XD

McEnroe believes men's professional tennis is presently in a golden era,
with the Top 4 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings - Djokovic, Nadal,
Roger Federer and Andy Murray - all posting deep runs at the major
championships.

他說男網現在是黃金年代

"I think it's an incredible time, actually," said McEnroe. I think we [had]
better enjoy it while it lasts. The shots that these guys can come up with ...
is phenomenal. They've taken the baseline game to a whole new level.

他說這些人打的球是非凡的 他們把底線功夫帶入新境界 所以..享受他們帶來的吧

"Roger is 30 now, and he's still playing pretty amazingly well. Murray played
the best match I had ever seen him play even though he lost it [against
Djokovic in the Australian Open semi-finals]. Those guys, sort of get into
these war of wills, where they're just going to sort of break each other until
one of them literally falls over."

他說,費爸30歲了還能打出這麼優異的網球;茉莉這次SF是他看過他打的最好的
一場比賽-儘管他輸了

這幾位現在就好像進入一場意志的戰爭,他們將互相拖垮打敗彼此直到其他幾位掉隊

---編:聽起來好現實殘忍XD

McEnroe is scheduled to play an exhibition match with Milos Raonic, the
defending SAP Open champion, against Gael Monfils and Jack Sock in San Jose
on 13 February.

When asked about the next generation of young talent on the ATP World Tour,
McEnroe said, "I see Bernard Tomic and I see Milos at the moment with the
greatest up side. I think Ryan [Harrison] is going to be an excellent player
as well, but these guys have that extra gear it appears.

接下來他談到幾位ATP新星,他提到上述三位

"Bernard sort of plays his own game, but Milos, to me, has an incredible
chance to do something really big in tennis. I feel like he's making some
great progress. I think he's definitely going to have a chance to win majors
if he can continue to add to his game."

他說,Tomic在玩自己的比賽XD; Milos則有機會在網壇大有作為

McEnroe won seven Grand Slam championships during his career. The 52-year-old
American clinched his 78th doubles title with Jonas Bjorkman at the SAP Open
in 2006.

From 13-16 March, McEnroe will play an ATP Champions Tour event in Stockholm.






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