最近幾天看美國的時代雜誌Time時
剛好那期是年度風雲人物(今年是"You"獲得)
今年的名單中看到Roger Federer & Tiger Woods同時出現
有興趣的人可以看看
可以順便感受到兩個人深厚的友誼
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以下是原文:(看看有沒有哪位善心人士幫忙翻譯一下)
Roger Federer & Tiger Woods
The World's Most Elite Athletic Club
A couple of weeks before the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Roger Federer
phoned Tiger Woods and invited him to be his guest at the final. "I said,
'Great, but don't you have to win six matches to get to the final?'" Woods
told TIME. Woods didn't know Federer that well, yet.
The Swiss star would leave opponents smeared over Flushing Meadows's courts
like so many ball marks, winning his third Open. "I was really excited before
the semis, because I called Tiger and he said he was coming," says Federer.
The two talked for about 15 minutes before the final. Then Federer went out
and rolled poor Andy Roddick. "[Tiger] was pumped up during the match," said
Federer, known for his cool elegance on the court. "It was a really nice
gesture." After the match, the pair spent another hour yakking in the locker
room. "The press almost knocked down the door," Federer told TIME from Dubai,
where he's training.
Welcome to the world's most elite athletic club, open to anyone who dominates
his sport by a ludicrous margin. Want in? Simple. Be the world's No. 1 golfer
for eight years. Win eight events in 2006, including the PGA Championship and
the British Open. Make other pros look like they're using croquet mallets.
Or, be the world's No. 1 tennis player since 2004. Win Wimbledon and the U.S.
Open in the same year for the past three years. Win 92 of 97 matches in 2006,
along with 12 titles.
The Terrific Twosome got its start after a reporter asked Woods what sports
he liked to watch. He mentioned tennis. "I love watching tennis," he says. "I
love watching Roger play." Federer kept hearing himself called the Tiger Woods
of Tennis. So he decided to meet the Roger Federer of Golf. Their paths
crossed recently in Shanghai, where Tiger played the HSBC Champions tourney
and Roger the Tennis Masters Cup. This time, Federer, 25, took a seat. "In
Shanghai he came out and watched me play," says Woods, 30 (who finished
second; Federer won his tourney). "And we had dinner and chitchatted the
night away."
The chitchat of champions? "It's really hard to explain," Woods told TIME
from a Los Angeles airport, where he was launching balls from a runway to
promote a new Nike driver. "It's more the mind-set: what it takes to do what
we do, how do you manage all that, the balancing act. We pick each other's
brain." They exchange tips on training and preparing for big events. Woods
was wowed by Federer's media load; he does press conferences in three
languages. Tiger also got some help with his backhand. "He plays much more
tennis than I play golf," says Federer, "but that is going to change when I
retire." He'll know who to call for a game. "It's been a really neat
relationship," says Woods. "Roger and I are going to be friends for a very
long time."
— By Bill Saporito (轉錄自時代雜誌網頁)
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