Nalbandian likely to undergo surgery - 網球 Tennis

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禮拜四接受阿根廷廣播 FM Metro 95.1的訪問文稿 (電話訪問)

談了復健的情況，大概20天後就能開始恢復訓練。當然訓練的腳步是慢慢的進行，
不能操之過急，期望還是明年能完全準備好回到賽場上。至於排名滑落，他不太在意，
到時可以申請八個賽事的傷病排名，或許還可以要到一些外卡。

Q: At which stage of the recovery process are you? Must be tedious and
bugging you too, right?

D: Well, the truth is that I'm doing very well, following the stages we
planned, without rushing anything, taking it easy... Getting a bit eager to
start playing tennis. In 20 days I will begin. Obviously with very light
[training], step by step. Everything is going very well and easy for now.

Q: And from now on, this is the final stage? In 20 days you'll slowly start
hitting the ball, as you've said. And what will you do then? Will you go to
some special place, or will the whole recovery take place here [in Buenos
Aires]?

D: No, everything here. The only thing I'll do is go to Spain in
mid-September for the final examination. At that point I will already be
playing again... Bah, training a little harder, with more intensity on the
court. So there [in Spain] I will have another important test with the
doctor. But basically, it's not very much: the first week I'll play tennis
for 20 minutes each day, standing, without moving much, without making any
abrupt movements. The second week a little more, playing half an hour, or 40
minutes. The third week about an hour, and so on. Above all, it's about not
making movements in the beginning that could be counterproductive for me at
this still delicate stage.

Q. And when do you think you'll play an ATP tournament?

D: Next year... Yes, next year. Earlier than that would mean rushing the
process and jeopardizing the recovery, the rehabilitation and that's not
worth it... Not worth it. I will try to arrive in Australia in good shape,
which is the objective, and start the next year in full strength.

Q: - With a Grand Slam. You're completely aware that you'll drop in the
ranking. Anyway, that's okay, because it's natural... But do you think about
in which [ranking] position roughly you'll find yourself when you return to
start playing again? Do you make such calculations? Or does it not bother
you, at all?

D: No... Look, when it comes to these things, I'm unlike most of the others
on the Tour. There are guys who sleep with their ranking under their pillow
but I don't pay any attention to it. Therefore I know that I'll drop [in the
ranking], I don't know whether to 40, 60 or 80, but for me that doesn't make
that much of a difference because I'll get the protected ranking for eight
tournaments, plus wild cards, which will allow me to play some more
tournaments. I have the whole year covered and playing all year at a good
level, I'll regain a normal ranking by mid-season or by the end of the year,
if all goes well and I'm able to do well. So, it is just a question of
numbers, nothing more. And that those tournaments I want to play I can finish
playing [and not having to retire].

接下來就談他休養期間的ATP情況，Federer, Nadal, blah blah blah...
還有對上捷克的DC，最後一部份又扯到去年DC決賽的鳥事 (那部份就省略不貼了)

Q: Did you stop watching tournaments and forgot about tennis, or did you have
a look? Did you follow the Davis Cup tie?

D: No, I do follow tennis. Let's see... Davis Cup, yes. I sit down to watch
that and plan my day so I can watch it. But with the other tournaments, I
just have a look at those while I'm having lunch, when I'm home or somewhere
else and I can watch it. And then the matches of the boys [the other
Argentine players], I watch those. And then... the semifinals and finals at
Roland Garros and Wimbledon, those I watched as well, obviously.

Q: How do you see the resurrection of Roger Federer?

D: I think that - and I said that for a couple of years - for me, Roger is
the greatest of all time, because of what he achieved, regardless of not
having managed to win Roland Garros and not having overtaken Sampras at that
time, right? And now, this year, after having won Roland Garros and having
overtaken Sampras, I think that there can be no doubt that he is the best in
the history [of the sport]. I remember when Sampras was No.1, he was
practically unbeatable at the Grand Slams. But at the other tournaments, he
lost a lot of matches. At Roland Garros, he'd lose to players who were ranked
50 or 100 in the world. And I don't think Federer ever did something like
that. During his best years, Federer lost two or three matches per season and
that's really very, very difficult, something that not even Rafa can do. And
for me, that put Federer in a place where sooner or later he would overtake
Sampras, he would win Roland Garros. And, well, achieve everything that he
has now achieved.

Q: Do you talk to Nadal? You get along well with him.

D: Yes, yes. I have a good relationship with him.

Q: The two injured ones, sidelined...

D: Yeah, the two injured ones. But fortunately, he now plays tennis again
while I have to keep watching on TV...

Q: But Federer is very lucky because of this, because the only two guys who
have defeated him many times are you and him [Nadal], and those are the two
injured ones.

D: You mean we're doing him a favour? (laughs)

Q: You've always been special for Federer, eh... Whenever he gets asked
what's a difficult match for him he says, 'for example, Nalbandian', doesn't
he?

D: Well, but that's because of the history we've had since juniors,
throughout our careers. The truth is that I take pride in the fact that a
player like him, of his caliber, respects me as an opponent. Because he's a
player who knows that walking on court, ready to play, he wins against almost
everyone... Against just about everyone there is. And to get that kind of
respect [from him] is nice. Another thing is to be, in terms of belonging to
the same generation, part of the same group of players like Federer. I think
that's good because he's a tennis player of the kind you're not likely to
ever see again.

Q: But I had asked you about Rafa... (...)

D: I think Rafa is going through a difficult phase in his private life with
his family and because of that it [his injury] affects him a little more. The
situation with his knees is precarious, very complicated with the lingering
injury. He will continue to have those problems because of his style of play.
But right now, I think because of what's happening with his family situation,
it must be hard to look ahead, and also that's he's a bit down, emotionally.
(...)

Q: Sometimes, I think that tennis players are like Formula 1 racing cars.
Something you get to see when you guys have to go for a pit stop - and by
"pit stop" I mean repairing things, having surgery and all that - how
everything gets analysed and often enough, decisions are made against your
health, the decision to have surgery and to step out of the race.

D: Mhmm... Look, for my part, I had surgery at the worst moment because I'll
miss most of the year. I miss three Grand Slams, three Davis Cup ties, I miss
a lot of tournaments. I would've liked to have surgery after Wimbledon at the
earliest. But I couldn't make it. It was really very bad, it was a time when
injury was dragging on more and more, it was troubling me very much and it
made me unable to go on. And the truth is that this is why things went wrong
on the court. Because the idea is, at least it is for me, that when you go
out there to compete, and even though there's the rivalry with your opponent
and you want to win every match and every tournament, you do it because you
like it, because you enjoy it, because it feels good. And I was going through
a time where I couldn't enjoy any of the matches I played, not a single
rally, because I was suffering too much. And to face two Grand Slams, with
best-of-five matches - that was impossible.

Q: David, will Argentina win the Davis Cup? I know you're not a magician,
but...

D: I'm sure of that, yes. I'm sure of that. That's an issue of historical
dimensions in Argentina because with the other tournaments always, or almost
always there's been some [Argentine] tennis player who won it and the Davis
Cup is the one thing we haven't been able to achieve in tennis. There were
many years where we came close [to winning it], lots of semifinals, two
finals in three years, and we were always very close, always had a good team.
And we still have. I don't doubt that we'll make it.

Q: (...) In your eyes, what went wrong against the Czech Republic? It was a
difficult tie. But what do you think went wrong?

D: We already knew that the Czech Republic would be a difficult and
complicated opponent, that the five matches would be tough. I think the
tactic of the boys was that Juan Martin would win his two singles and for
Pico to try and win another point, or try winning the doubles. And well... It
didn't work. Pico came close to winning on Friday and after that there was
not much of a chance. Well, it was a very respectable opponent because of the
surface and because of the quality of players they had.

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