Pete Sampras calls Roger Federer ‘greatest ever - 羅傑·費德勒 Federer

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Pete Sampras calls Roger Federer ‘greatest ever’
Pete Sampras稱Roger為史上最佳網球員


By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer

PARIS (AP)—Pete Sampras already figured Roger Federer would go down as the
greatest tennis player in history.

Pete Sampras 已經指出 Roger Federe 會成為網球史上最佳運動員


That Federer tied Sampras’ record of 14 Grand Slam titles by winning the
French Open on Sunday only reinforced that opinion.

在星期天Roger贏下法網平了Sampras的14座大滿貫紀錄後,只讓這個說法更有說服力了


"What he’s done over the past five years has never, ever been done - probably
will never, ever happen again," Sampras said in a telephone interview with
The Associated Press. "Regardless if he won there or not, he goes down as
the greatest ever. This just confirms it."

"他在過去五年內所做到的事是從來沒有人能達成的- 或許將來也不會有" Sampras 在
一個電話訪談中表示. "不管他有沒有贏這個(法網冠軍), 他都將成為史上最佳, 這個
冠軍只是確認了這一點而已"


Federer added his first French Open championship to five titles a Wimbledon,
five at the U.S. Open and three at the Australian Open. He’s the sixth man
with a career Grand Slam; Sampras won three of the majors but not the French
Open.

Roger將他的第一個法網冠軍加入他的五個溫網,五個美網和三個澳網冠軍的紀錄中
他是史上第六位達成生涯全滿貫的選手. Sampras贏得其他三項卻獨缺法網.


Sampras was home in Los Angeles on Sunday and watched on TV during part of
Federer’s 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4 victory over Robin Soderling in the final at
Roland Garros. Federer lost three previous three French Open finals to
Rafael Nadal.

Sampras在位於洛杉磯的自家中看了部分 Roger 和 Soderlin 的法網決賽, Roger在之前
已經三度在決賽輸給Nadal.


"I’m obviously happy for Roger,” Sampras said. “If there’s anyone
deserves it, it’s Roger. He’s come so cleos"

我當然很為Roger高興, Sampras說, 如果有一個人直得這個頭銜,當然是Roger, 他之前
已經那麼接近了.


In what turned out to be Sampras’ last match, he beat Andre Agassi in the
2002 U.S. Open final at age 31 in his 52nd career Grand Slam tournament.
Federer is 27 and has collected his 14 major championships in 40 Grand Slam
tournaments.

以 Sampras 來說, 他在31歲第52度參加大滿貫時擊敗 Andre Agass 拿下第十四座
大滿貫獎盃. 而Roger在27歲,第40個參加的大滿貫就做到了.


“He just is a great, great player that is a credit to the sport and is a
positive influence for young kids and just tennis in general,” Sampras said.
“It looks pretty tough to beat now with 14 majors, and I’m sure he
going to go on and win a lot more.”

"他就是個非常偉大的選手, 給年輕一代正面的影響還有對網球整體來說, 都為這項運動
增光." Sampras說. "平14座大滿貫看起來很難,但我相信他還會再繼續贏很多座."


Federer will get his first chance to break Sampras’ mark at Wimbledon, which
starts June 22. Sampras isn’t sure whether he’ll go to the All England Club.

“We’ll sort of see what happens,” Sampras said.

Roger將在6月22日開打的溫布頓,首度挑戰超越Sampras的紀錄, Sampras不確定他會不
會出席 "就看到時候會怎麼樣吧" Sampras說


Agassi completed his career Grand Slam at the French Open in 1999, and he
was on hand a decade later to present Federer with the champion’s trophy
Sunday.

Agassi 在1999年的法網完成他的生涯全滿貫, 十年後他頒給了Roger這個獎盃


“How do you sort of argue with his numbers? It’s pretty incredible,
” Agassi said. “A lot of people say it’s better to be lucky th
good I’d rather be Roger than lucky.”

"你怎麼還能對那個數字(14座滿貫)質疑? 那是很驚人的." Agassi說
"很多人覺得比起打得好他們寧願要運氣好, 但我更希望我可以是Roger."


As for the debate about tennis’ greatest player, Sampras long has pointed
to Rod Laver as his idol.

在誰是史上最佳網球員這項爭論中, 很久以前 Sampras 就說 Rod Laver是他的偶像


Laver won a true Grand Slam—all four major titles in one season—in both 1962
and 1969, the last man to do it. Laver finished with 11 Grand Slam titles,
although he was barred from competing in those tournaments from the time he
turned pro in 1963 to the start of the Open era in 1968.

Laver在1962和1969各完成了一次年度全滿貫,生涯共獲得11個大滿貫冠軍
雖然他在1963轉職業後到1968的開放年代中間是不被允許加這些大滿貫參賽的


Sampras’ choice at this point is Federer.

“Now that he’s won in Paris, I think it just more solidifies his plac
in history as the greatest player that played the game, in my opinion,"
Sampras said. “I’m a huge Laver fan, and he had a few years in there
where he didn’t have an opportunity to win majors. But you can’t compare
the eras. And in this era, the competition is much more fierce than Rod’s.”

但Sampras現在的選擇是Roger.
"他已經贏下法網了, 這更加鞏固他是史上最佳網球員的地位"
"我是Laver的超級球迷, 而且有幾年的時間他並無法參加那些滿貫賽. 但現在時代不同了
在現在這個年代, 競爭遠比Laver那時候要激烈多了"


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