[情報] tennis.com對美網簽表預測 上集

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http://tennisworld.typepad.com/thewrap/2008/08/opener.html

看完之後覺得沒寫什麼重點，基本上都是大家都知道的事，
看來當tennis的編輯蠻容易的  XD
但是還是大概翻一下好了

First Quarter
Rafael Nadal makes his debut at the top of a major-tournament draw, but it’s
not like it benefits him any more than being No. 2. He still might face a
tricky opponent like hard-hitting Victor Troicki—tricky Troicky—or a vet
like Olivier Rochus, or a clean-swinger like Philipp Kohlschreiber. And it
didn’t keep him from drawing the most dreaded name of all, tennis’ prince
of darkness, Ivo Karlovic himself. Nadal beat him in a third-set tiebreaker
at Queen’s this year, and he’ll see him again if Dr. Ace can survive until
the fourth round.

The bottom half features three of the game’s most erratic and frustrating
talents: Blake, Monfils, and Nalbandian. None of them, even on hard courts,
are likely to beat Nadal over five sets, not with the iron-clad confidence
the Spaniard has at the moment. He’s got a big win—the Olympics—on
DecoTurf under his belt, which could be the final ingredient he needs to go
all the way at Flushing Meadows. He’s going to be the face of the event, of
tennis itself, but he’s always made a specialty of blocking every thing out
except the little yellow ball.
First-round match to watch: Blake vs. Donald Young
Semifinalist: Nadal

納豆首次以第一種子的身份出現，但第一種子的籤表看起來不比第二種子有利，他可能面
對較難處理的對手是Troicki，或是老將Rochus,或是Kohlschreiber(原文用
Clean-swinger形容Kohlschreiber，但是查不到什麼意思)，而且不能避免去遇到最恐怖
的，網球界的黑暗王子Karlovic。Nadal今年在女王草地以三盤都搶七的比數打敗他，他
們將在第四輪再度碰頭。

下半部有三個不穩定且令人失望的天才選手：Black，Monfils，以及Nalbandian。即使在
硬地上，他們沒有一個可以打敗納豆，更不用說Nadal現在的信心狀態。他剛剛拿下奧運
冠軍，這使他在美網賽場通行無阻......（接下來這段看的懂意思，可是很難翻，有興趣
的補充一下好了。）

四強名單：納豆

Second Quarter
David Ferrer is the top seed, but three younger names stand out: Del Potro,
Murray, and Wawrinka. Del Potro has won four straight tournaments, Murray has
pushed his ranking all the way to No. 6 despite a disappointing Olympics, and
Wawrinka should get a jolt of confidence from his doubles gold in Beijing.
Can any of them translate that into their first Slam semi? I don’t think Del
Potro is ready; Wawrinka may be in the Top 10, but his results haven’t been
that consistently strong; Murray is a wild card—meltdowns still lurk and his
fitness will be tested—but I think if he gets his famous choppers into this
he’ll gain confidence with each match. This summer I think he started to
believe, at last, that he belonged with the best.
Sleeper: Feliciano Lopez. He's near Murray, and he gave Federer all he could
handle in Ashe Stadium in 2007.
Semifinalist: Murray

Ferrer是這一區的大種子，但是Del Potro, Murray, 和Wawrinka三個較年輕的選手更引
人注目。Del Potro已經贏了四個比賽，Murray儘管奧運表現令人失望，但是排名來到職
業新高的第六，而Wawrinka應該會從奧運雙打金牌的結果得到信心。他們其中的任何人可
以將這樣的結果轉換成他們第一個大滿貫四強嗎？我覺得Del Potro還沒準備好，
Wawrinka也許是個Top10選手，但是狀況還無法持續穩定，Murray有這個潛力，核能反應
爐仍潛伏著未爆發（這是什麼比喻），而且他的身體狀況還需被檢驗，但是如果他有信心
便可以解決所有問題。我想這個夏季他開始相信他是屬於最好的一群。
有可能爆冷的人：Feliciano Lopez。他跟Murray很類似，而且他在2007年的每網給前球
王很大的壓力。
四強名單：Murray(譯按：但到這裡很開心，可是想到這傢伙上次也說Murray會打到澳網
四強，結果是.....，又覺得沒這麼開心了)

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推 spf6127:感謝翻譯~科科 Koh和小卡爆氣吧~~~\（‵▽′）/
推 establish:為啥Karlovic是黑暗王子啊？@@a
推 mkm:因為他是一顆不定時氣爆的巨人 XD
推 zack7301428:因為他的發球實在太威 只要大種子狀況一差很容易打掉
推 XLE:影帝要爆氣似乎遙遙無期~ 小班阿!!  Orz
推 TwoTwo:Murray的奧運表現讓我們很有希望啊XDDD
推 econ0914:實在覺得Murray的動作好流暢啊(看奧運時,初學網球,就覺得
→ econ0914:他的動作實在是很漂亮!)