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作者：Sam Fels
No one wants Novak Djokovic to be the best player ever, but he might be
沒人想要Novak變成史上最好的球員，但他可能是
Djoker might be a pain, but it’s getting harder and harder to ignore him
Djoker雖然讓人討厭，但卻越來越難忽視他
When discussing tennis history, people’s tastes will always influence and
muddy debates about who’s what and the places they hold. Because it’s an
individual sport that incorporates so many styles among its players that what
one individual prefers watching will always make them lean in one direction
or another about the player that lords over the game.
當討論到網球歷史的時候，人們的喜好總是會影響並讓歷史地位的爭論進入泥巴戰。
因為這是一個個人運動，每個球員都有不同的特質，人們喜歡看的特質會讓他們
更傾向某一個特定球員並為他加冕
Because, when the argument is reduced simply to what’s on paper or what’s
tangible, there’s less and less reason to not anoint Novak Djokovic the best
of all time. Djoker racked up his second French Open today, his 19th Grand
Slam overall, leaving him one behind Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer. He beat
Nadal along the way at Roland Garros, his second win over him in that
stadium. The field has one. He has a winning record against both. He has won
every Grand Slam at least twice, something the other two can’t say. He has a
real shot at being the first to collect the calendar Grand Slam, as he’s the
defending champion at Wimbledon and he’s won three times in New York.
Assuming he doesn’t get himself tossed again, he’ll be the favoire there
too.
因為，如果僅僅是看數據的話，我們已經快要沒有藉口認為Novak不是史上最佳球員。
Djo拿到了第二個法網。他的第19座大滿貫，讓他只落後Rafa和Roger一座。
他拿冠的時候，還順便打敗了Nadal，生涯第二次在法網擊敗他。
他跟Rafa還有Roger的對戰記錄都領先，他贏了每個大滿貫至少兩次，而其他兩個人
卻無法說嘴。他有機會成為第一個全年大滿貫的人，因為他是溫布頓的衛冕者，
而他也在紐約拿了三次冠軍。只要他不再被驅逐出場，他絕對是這兩個比賽的
奪冠熱門
Djokovic also had to go into deeper water to win this tournament than ever
before, somehow escaping the clutches of the hydra Nadal in the semis in over
three hours (including the third set which some will tell you was the best
set of tennis ever played) and then coming back from down two sets to none in
the final against Stefanos Tsitsipas in over four. He hadn’t done the latter
before, and no one had ever really broken down Nadal at the French in the way
Djokovic did. The last time Djokovic beat Nadal in Paris, Nadal was having
physical issues, so it wasn’t much of a surprise then. This time, Nadal was
looking to be nearly as much on auto-pilot as he was last year when he didn’
t drop a set. As Djokovic said, beating Nadal at the French is probably the
hardest task in sports. It’s the biggest “home” advantage. It’s as if the
Islanders not only had their rabid home base but could also have the ice
surface tilt or rotate in ways to benefit them.
要贏的這個比賽，Djo必須要潛到更深的水域，他逃離了九頭蛇Nadal的爪子，
然後在0比2落後的情況下打敗7784。他之前沒有在大滿貫0:2還獲勝過，更不用說
沒有人可以在法網向Djo一樣打敗最強的Nadal。
上次Djo打敗Nadal的時候，Nadal身體有狀況，但這次，Nadal到四強的過程就像是
自動駕駛一般，跟去年一樣一盤未失。就像Djo說的，在法網打敗Nadal是所有運動
中最難的任務。畢竟Nadal有所有運動中最大的主場優勢
Once Djokovic came out on top in that third set, where each player redefined
the term (shot-making), Nadal looked beat in a way he almost never does. His
body started to give in, he looked tired, and most of all he looked resigned.
This is not something that happens to a player who plays every point as if it
’s his last. Nadal hit the star-button punch, missed, and then was fodder.
當Djo拿到了第三盤的時候，Nadal身上看到以前沒看過的挫敗。他的身體開始投降了，
他看起來很累，而且基本看起來不想再打了。這不是應該在一個每一分都努力到底的
球員身上看到的，因為每一分對於Nadal來說都像是最後一分。
Nadal按下去導彈按鈕，沒有命中目標，就變成了炮灰。
In the final, that effort looked like it had taken too much out of Djokovic
in the first two sets. Tsitsipas, himself having been in a near four-hour
semi, was springy and vicious, pummeling forehands and serves wherever he
wanted and lasering one-handed backhands that couldn’t help but make one
think of Federer in his pomp. He brutalized a seemingly spent Djokovic in the
second set 6-2.
在決賽的時候，在前二盤，看起來四強的付出對Djo造成了很大的負擔。
7784，四強也打了快4小時，看起來活跳跳的，當他想要的時候，可以連續正手
或是發球得手，他的雷射反拍看起來跟費德勒一樣華麗，他狠狠的痛擊了看似乾枯的
Djo，以6-2拿下了第二盤
But the thing about Djokovic, other than his other worldly fitness levels, is
that his game doesn’t take much to correct when it goes off the boil. When
Federer starts spraying backhands, you feel like he might never get it back
and that level of precision can be a needle in a haystack to relocate. Nadal
usually breaks down physically when he does lose, and that only gets solved
by rest.
但對於Djo來說，除了他世界級的身體狀況，他的比賽要修正很容易。
當費德勒的反拍開始全壘打的時候，你會覺得他的反拍永遠不會再回來了，因為這需要
像是在大海撈針的精確度。
Nadal，當他真的輸的時候，他的身體幾乎也快不行了，而這只有靠休息才能解決
Djokovic’s game is just about clean and efficient hitting, so he just needs
to adjust the dial on his sites a click or two instead of engaging in a
massive overhaul. The tide turned in the third set’s fourth game, an
11-minute taffy pull that saw Tsitsipas fight off four break points before
succumbing to the fifth.
Djo的比賽只是乾淨和有效的揮擊，所以他只要稍微調整一下擊球目標而不需要大修。
在第三盤的第四局，反擊的浪潮出現，7784在守下四個破發點後失去了第五個。
And maybe that’s one of the big reasons only Djokovic’s most ardent fans
choose him over Federer or Nadal. Whereas Federer stands for elegance and
Nadal barely controlled fury, the defining adjective for Djokovic is
obstinance. He just leans on opponents. There aren’t defining shots, though
he’s more than capable of them as the semifinal showcased. It’s just the
repeated ground game of returns and groundstrokes hit so deep so consistently
and watching his opponents fold up like tin foil. No one can live under that
constant drone and hum of pressure of every ball landing near their ankles,
pushing them somewhere near the concession stand when the point is over. And
the longer a match goes, the more likely Djokovic is to win. He drags
everyone to deep water, and then basically leaves them alone and watches them
drown.
這或許也是為什麼只有Djo的狂粉會選擇Djo而不是費或納。
費德勒代表的是優雅，而納達爾是控制的狂野, Djo的代表字是頑強。
他只是拖著對手，沒有太多象徵性的擊球，只是不斷地把球回深，把球打深，打到最後
看著他的對手像鋁鉑紙一樣捲起來。
在每一球都像無人機一般一直飛到你的腳邊的時候，很少有人可以活下來，最後只能
不斷地的被逼退直到這分結束（是說小卡很喜歡站在線後擊球真的剋到囧)
只要比賽越長，Djo就越可能贏，他把所有人拖到更深的水中，然後慢慢的看他們溺死
Djokovic found his second serve, wasn’t broken in the third, fourth, or
fifth set, and even for a four-hour, five set match, his win
seemed...routine. It just moved orderly to the finish, as it always seems to
do with Djokovic. He leaned and leaned on Tsitsipas until the Greek just
backed up and backed up and then fell over.
Djo在第三盤後找到了他的二發，即使在四小時，五盤的比賽中，他的勝利看起來很
公務員。比賽很有秩序的結束，好像只跟Djo有關。他不斷地像水鬼一樣拖著7784，
直到希臘人不斷地想要浮出水面，卻又沈下去
So it must be aesthetics. Djokovic is unquestionably galaxy-brained. He has
the far more interesting background than Federer or Nadal, emerging from
modest means in a war-torn country. Yet sympathy for Serbians always seems to
run short. Back in the day he exhibited a sense of humor that neither of the
other two have but really only got him in trouble in tennis’s decidedly
stuffy world.
所以這或許跟美感有關。Djo跟Federer或是Nadal比背景更有趣，他來自於
被戰火摧殘的國家，但他卻很少受到同情。當他早期展現他幽默有趣的一面的而其他
兩人都沒有的時候，他反而在網球這個窒息的文化中陷入麻煩
You can tell the way he openly begs for crowd support either during or after
matches that it matters to him. That he recognizes he generates more
appreciation and respect than straight love and adulation.
你可以從他只在重要的比賽中尋求觀眾的支持看出來，在那種情況下他可以
得到更多的欣賞和尊重，而不僅僅是喜愛或是奉承
Maybe the day will come when he just is happy to have all the accomplishments
and wins. Starting to look like he’ll have more of those than anyone else.
或許當他擁有一切的勝利和成就的時候，他會擁有比其他人更多的欣賞和尊重
心得：
Djo的比賽很簡單，就是磨
球如果打歪了要修正也不難
不斷地的磨磨到把對手的五感都失去了
就贏了