倫敦奧運記者會小整理 - 羅傑·費德勒 Federer

這篇大概是說 Rog 在倫敦奧運頗受歡迎，在選手村會被一直要求合照：
與澳洲女曲棍球隊 http://t.co/EhXdxb19
與西班牙不知什麼隊 http://tinyurl.com/c5vm38w
與南非女曲棍球隊 http://tinyurl.com/boceswo

然後這天記者會居然高達700名記者列席！等Rog 進場前一堆記者還拿著自己的手機或
iPad在那邊拍Rog 桌子上的名牌卡 XD
Rog 進場時一堆記者爭先恐後耀在那邊拍他入場的那刻 XD

相比之下，不久前是世界第一，現任是界第二的Djokovic 記者會指有50位記者參加。

然後記者球迷問問題的開場白也超迷弟(妹)的啊！XD
問Rog 會不會拿到金牌就退休這問題前，他先說
“做為一位記者，也是你的球迷，我知道你會奪金牌的！＂
“我不知道，你是我的球迷嗎？如果你不想要我退休，那我就不會。
＂
另一位記者球迷也問到說 Phelps、Bolt跟他誰是此次奧運的風雲人物？
Rog回說 “不是我囉。”

之後談到這次打奧運的心態，Rog說三禮拜前的勝利肯定會給他信心的，但四年前也拿過
男雙金牌，也不是說沒拿過＂金牌＂這東西，所以壓力也沒這麼大。但三盤兩勝也給比賽
多添變數。

最後談到會給雙胞胎帶些禮物。
＂好爸爸就是不時滴帶禮物回家囉～＂

最後小心得：
其實四年前的此時Rog正處於他生涯低潮，甚至連他自己都說”希望”能打到2012年的倫
敦奧運。時光飛逝，又有誰想得到四年後Rog 還能以第一種子參賽呢？雖然是老梗了，但
Rog 真的很愛網球啊，如果沒有他的堅持與努力不懈，這一切是不可能發生的。


Famous Federer attracts athletes' attention

LONDON (Reuters) - Switzerland's Roger Federer has become so popular among
both competitors and media that he finds it difficult to walk around the
athletes village at the Olympic park, and has journalists gushing over him at
press conferences.

The world number one and 17-time grand slam winner has stayed at the athletes
village at two of the three Olympics he has attended, but at his fourth in
London he will be staying nearer the tennis venue in Wimbledon.
While this is partly down to convenience - the Olympic park is around an
hour's drive from Wimbledon - the 30-year-old admitted his fame had also been
a consideration.

"I have done the village before so it is not like I feel I have to do the
village so badly. I would love to, but of course I have also become very
famous over the last eight years or so, so times have also changed and when I
do move around in the village things are not as simple as they were," he told
the packed 700-capacity main press room at the Olympic media centre.
While waiting for the number one seed to arrive, many journalists were using
their phones and iPads to take pictures of the seemingly unnecessary "Roger
Federer" name placard on the table where he was to sit. As he arrived, people
strained over each other to get a picture of him entering the room.

In contrast, only around 50 people turned out to see second seed Serbia's
Novak Djokovic, who won a bronze at the Beijing Games and was knocked off the
world number one spot by Federer this month, when he held a press conference
an hour earlier along with some of his countrymen.

SLIGHTLY BEMUSED

If seeming slightly bemused by his popularity among the world's media,
Federer remained light hearted by his reception.
In response to one journalist, who began by saying "As a journalist and as a
fan, I know that you will win this Olympic gold" before asking Federer if he
would retire if he achieved that feat, he responded: "I don't know, are you
my fan or not? If you don't want me to stop, I wont."

While when another member of the media who confessed to being a big fan "like
so many other journalists" asked who was the biggest star of the games, Usain
Bolt, Michael Phelps or Roger Federer he responded "Well, not me".
Federer, who won gold in the doubles at Beijing with Stanislas Wawrinka, said
singles gold was far from a certainty, partly down to the fact that all but
the final match will be best of three sets rather than the grand slam best
five.

"That puts the margins more closer to each other," said Federer, who would
have been out in the third round of Wimbledon under such rules, having gone
two sets down to France's Julien Benneteau - his potential second round
opponent at the Olympics.

"It just goes to show a bad five minutes or a bad couple of points can cost
you the tournament, I am aware of that but I do believe winning Wimbledon
three weeks ago is going to help me with my confidence," said Federer, who
faces Colombia's Alejandro Falla in the first round.
Away from chasing the gold, Federer, who has become a father for the first
time since the last Olympics, also has the important task of picking out a
present or two for his twin daughters, who have just turned three.

"I will try to have a look and get some souvenirs," said Federer, who met his
wife Mirka at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. "A good dad should bring back some
souvenirs from time to time."
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Ossian Shine)

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