"I think it would be borderline idiotic for me to say anybody but Roger," said Andy Roddick when asked the player he most feared facing. “除了费德勒之外,回答任何其他人我都会觉得挺蠢的。”当罗迪克被问到他最害怕交手的球员时,他如是说到。
Andy Roddickcreated tennis history as a player and is a student of the sport's history in retirement. 安迪罗迪克还是现役球员时,他创造了网坛历史,而现在在他的退役生涯中,他开始研究运动历史的滚滚长流。 The last American man to win a Grand Slam singles title makes a return to the city of his greatest triumph when he visitsForest Hills on Tuesday, August 9th to play World TeamTennisfor former Davis Cup captainPatrick McEnroeon the New York Empire at the historic former home of the U.S. Open. 作为迄今为止最后一位赢下大满贯单打冠军的美国男子球员,他在周二来到纽约长岛网球场,回到了这座他曾经在此取得生涯重大成就之一的城市。8月9日,就在这美网曾经的举办地上,他将同前戴维斯杯队长麦肯罗一起加入纽约帝国队, 参加WTT比赛。
Asked to assess world No. 1Novak Djokovic'splace in history, Roddick saysRoger Federer'srecord 17 Grand Slam titles support the 34-year-old Swiss as the Greatest Of All Time though that status is fluid. 当被问到现世界第一诺瓦克德约科维奇在历史上的地位时,罗迪克说,即使情况在不断变化,但罗杰费德勒赢下17个大满贯的记录,可以支持这位34岁的瑞士人成为GOAT。 The 2003 US Open champion asserts Djokovic is clearly the greatest player right now and growing stronger. 这位03年的美网冠军也称赞到,德约科维奇无疑是当下最优秀的球员,并且他还会变得更强。 Cautioning one cannot make an accurate assessment of the GOAT until Federer, Djokovic andRafael Nadalcomplete their careers, Roddick believes Djokovic has earned his place in the GOAT conversation. 值得注意的是,没人能对GOAT作出准确评定,这要等到费德勒,德约科维奇,纳达尔都结束了他们的职业生涯才行。罗迪克相信,德约科维奇已经在关于GOAT的讨论中赢得了一席之地。
"It's like wanting to compare movies and having not watched the last 20 percent of the great movies," Roddick said in a conference call with the media today to promote his World TeamTennis appearances. "Right now if you just look at numbers, Roger is obviously there. I think five Slams clear (ahead of Djokovic) is significant. But Novak's obviously trending. He's the greatest right now. “这就好像,你还没看完电影的最后百分之20,而你就已经迫不及待想拿它和别的电影对比了,”在今天WTT的新闻发布会中,罗迪克说到,“就现在而言,如果你只去看大满贯数量,罗杰毫无疑问是最佳。我认为这(领先了德语科维奇的)5个大满贯,显然它们是有意义的,不过显而易见,诺瓦克绝对有成为最佳的趋势。他是当下最优秀的球员。” "Roger will be the first to tell you he's not currently the best player in the world. So we're kind of trying to predict the end, which is kind of tough. I think it's really exciting that it's a realistic conversation to have. It's a realistic question to ask: Where do you think he'll fall in the line-up? It's a testament to (Djokovic) that he's kind of forced his way into the conversation." “罗杰会是第一个告诉你他不是现在世界上最好的网球运动员的人。所以我们现在好像有点在预言未来,而预言未来可挺难的。我觉得能在这里讨论这么现实的话题很让人兴奋。而现实的问题是: “在漫长职业生涯中,他会在哪里开始一蹶不振?这对于德语科维奇来说是个挑战,某种程度上,他正在努力朝着最佳迈进。”
Given Federer's 21-3 career edge over the 33-year-old American, Roddick said it would be "borderline idiotic" for him to pick anyone other than Federer as the best player he faced. 在交手纪上,录费德勒21-3遥遥领先今年已经33岁的美国人,罗迪克说道,在选择自己交手过的最佳球员时如果选了其他人而不是费德勒,那对他而言会是“近乎愚蠢的”。 Nadal won seven of 10 career meetings against Roddick. The ballistic serving Roddick won five of nine encounters with Djokovic, one of the top returners in tennis history. Roddick defeatedPete Sampras, who is 11 years his senior, in two of their three matches. 纳达尔在同罗迪克的10次交手中赢下了7次。而发球大炮罗迪克在9次与德约科维奇的交手中赢下了5次,尽管德约的接发在网坛历史可谓数一数二。当面对比他年长11岁的桑普拉斯,罗迪克也在三次交手中赢下了两次。
"I think it would be borderline idiotic for me to say anybody but Roger. It's a different conversation though," Roddick said. "Because overall numbers tell the story. I don't think individual match-ups tell the story as well." “即使讨论这个话题不容易,但是除了费德勒之外,说任何其他人我都会觉得挺蠢的。”罗迪克说,“因为总体数据才能最好的阐述这个问题,我不觉得一场比赛能概括所有。”