http://www.newsday.com/sports/am-tennis0831,0,5574806.story
(網頁有一張簽名卡片的照片)
Tomas Berdych: a realist in tennis' Top 10
By Max Dickstein, amNewYork Sports Editor
4:17 PM EDT, August 30, 2007
A new men's tennis tour marketing effort recently produced a card for Tomas
Berdych to sign for fans who seek his autograph.
On it, the world's No. 9 player pumps his fist -- a somewhat unusual
manifestation of the 21-year-old Czech's intensity -- as a fiery meteor
slingshots off in the direction of his gaze.
But "meteoric" is not the word that best describes Berdych's rise to the top
10 - "steady" would be better.
(前面這段寫的很棒，ATP的行銷部幫他做了簽名卡片。最後一句，"穩定"的確是他能夠
長久待在前十最需要的。)
The moment Berdych turned professional in 2002, he began pacing himself for a
deliberate rise, steadily compiling ATP points until broke into the top 100
two years later. This month, after he reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon
and lost to Rafael Nadal, Berdych entered the ATP top 10.
"It's much better to get it in a few steps," Berdych said in an interview at
the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Wednesday afternoon.
"The most important thing at the top is consistency of the results, not just
to win one tournament and then, for four months, nothing -- to have some huge
goals and then not make it."
(按:我希望他記得他說的) 他說現在最重要的是能夠有持續的好結果，而不是贏一個賽事
後過了四個月，都沒有成績。
The 6-foot-5 Berdych, the ninth seed at this U.S. Open, is a dark horse
candidate to give the top seeds in his portion of the draw trouble --
including last year's U.S. Open finalists, Andy Roddick and Roger Federer,
whom he could face in the fourth round and quarterfinals, respectively.
Berdych calmly defeated unseeded Simone Bolelli of Italy on Thursday, 7-5,
6-3, 6-3. Spain's Fernandno Verdasco awaits in the third round.
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As the youngster sat in the shade of an outdoor bar in the players' area
Wednesday, an interview location that he suggested himself, Berdych described
the routines that have been helpful accompaniments to his five-year ascent.
Every week, his Czech friends are his companions on the tour, with some
Slovaks mixed in. The movies he likes are whichever new ones are playing at
the theater. Denzel Washington has always been his favorite movie star, and
U2 his preferred band. Berdych and his girlfriend, also a Czech tennis pro,
have been together for five years.
Lucie Safarova, seeded 20th here, won in straight sets Wednesday to reach the
third round. His freckled cheeks, long locks and towering stature have earned
Berdych some enthusiastic fan Web sites, however, despite his romantic
unavailability.
在巡迴賽中，捷克和一些斯洛伐克選手都是他的朋友，他喜歡任何新上映的電影，
丹佐華盛頓是最喜歡的演員，U2是最喜歡的樂團，而他和Safarova已經交往五年了。
而Berdych也有很熱心的球迷替他做了網站。
On court, the lanky Berdych does not play as if he's on stilts -- he has a
130-plus mph serve and the inclination to come in after it.
"You start with a good pressure on the opponent with a good serve, and then
just step up to court and try to make some winners," Berdych said. "When I'm
so tall, I have some problems with the movement. That's what I need to work
on all the time."
他覺得有好的發球，就能先威脅對手，然後到場上去打一些致勝球，因為他很高，所以
移動是他的弱點，也是他一直想辦法改進的地方。
Of the six tournament finals he's reached, he's won three. And along with No.
3 Novak Djokovic, Berdych is the only player to have beaten Federer and Nadal
since they've been ranked 1 and 2. (He beat Federer at the 2004 Olympics in
Athens.) Some wonder whether Berdych's entry into the top 10 represents his
peak.
Others expect that if he puts another consistent year together, Berdych will
rise even further.
"I try for the best I can," he said. "If I can finish the year with the 10th
place in the world, it's going to be fantastic."
Winning matches like the the third-rounder against Verdasco will help Berdych
reach that goal, steady as he goes.
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