2008年,網壇天王費德勒過得異常艱難。一連串連敗記錄,大滿貫賽事無緣折桂,連續237周世界排名第一的寶座被宿敵納達爾奪走。種種跡象讓人懷疑:網壇的費德勒時代是否已經走向終結?然而,費德勒并未從此一蹶不振,今年的美國公開賽他以鳳凰涅的姿態重新走入人們的視野,不但贏得冠軍,同時開創了美網史上的五連霸事業。看來,網壇的那個王者終于歸來了!
Roger Federer captured his fifth 1)consecutive U.S. Open title with a straight-sets win over Great Britain’s Andy Murray. In less than two hours, Federer proved to all doubters that he still has game by
2)converting his second match point to complete a 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 victory. Ferderer, who is the only man in tennis history to win five straight titles at two different 3)Grand Slams, is now one 4)shy of matching Pete Sampras’s record of 14 major championships. With the win, the man from Basel, Switzerland 5)salvaged his season.
Roger Federer: It’s been, it’s been a tough summer, you know. I think, the French Open loss was 6)brutal but I got over that one pretty easily; played great on the grass, you know, and had a really tough loss at Wimbledon, which... You know, I was proud to be part of such a great match but at the same time, you know, it just sort of made me sad, you know, not having won that great epic match, you know, maybe I was always dreaming about [it] and not winning it. But I was always positive, you know. I knew that if things go my way and this year hasn’t always been the case. I lost quite a few matches I should have never lost, and they hurt, but now getting the fifth U.S. Open, it really means a lot to me.
To bounce back 7)straight away, you know, after losing the No.1 ranking… I mean this is, this is the best, best 8)scenario ever. I would have been disappointed, you know, losing today, having three finals and one semi of slams, you know. You feel like you missed an entire year, you know, being so close but yes so far, you know, because semis and finals don’t help me a whole lot anymore in my career, you know. It’s all about the wins and that’s why this is huge, you know, this is, this is massive really and I’m very, very happy about this Grand Slam obviously. It’s a different type of flavor, this one, to me, no doubt. And I can definitely go into the rest of the season more relaxed now and then also look forward with great spirits for next year.
羅杰·費德勒直落三盤戰勝大不列顛的安迪·穆雷,獲得了美國公開賽的五連冠。在不到兩小時的時間里,費德勒通過拿下自己的第二個賽點贏得了6比2、7比5和6比2的比賽勝利,向所有懷疑他能力的人證明了自己仍然有戲。費德勒成為了網球史上首位在兩項不同大滿貫賽事上獲得五連冠的男子,現在他只差一個冠軍就能追上皮特·桑普拉斯14個大賽冠軍的記錄。贏得此項賽事后,這個來自瑞士巴塞爾的男人拯救了自己的這個賽季。
羅杰·費德勒:這是個,這是個很艱難的夏季,你知道的。我想,法網我慘敗了但我很快就恢復過來了,并在溫布爾登的草地場上打得很不錯,你知道的,但最終經歷了一個慘痛的失敗……你知道嗎,我非常自豪自己能參與到那么一場重大的決賽之中,但同時,要知道,沒能贏下這場或許是我一直夢想贏得的經典大戰,你知道嗎,那有點讓我傷感。不過我的態度總是積極的,你知道,我很清楚事情有沒有向著有利于我的方向發展,而今年我總是不能如愿以償。我輸了不少我本不會輸的比賽,而且這些比賽使我感到傷痛,但現在我拿下了第五個美國公開賽冠軍,這對我來說,真的意義重大。
立刻回復到以往的狀態,你知道,在丟掉了世界第一的排名后,我的意思是,這是,這是有史以來最好最好的情況。我會感到相當失望的,要知道,如果今天輸掉了,就會是三次打入大滿貫決賽和一次半決賽而都沒能奪冠,你知道吧。就會感覺整整一年都失去了,知道嗎,離冠軍這么近,卻又是那么遠,要知道現在只打進半決賽和決賽已經對我的職業生涯沒什么幫助了。只有奪冠才有意義,那就是為什么這次勝利非常重大,你知道吧,這是,這是十分意義重大的。很明顯,我對贏得這項大滿貫賽事感到非常非常開心。這項賽事,毫無疑問,對我來說,有著不同的滋味。現在我一定能夠更加輕松地投入到余下的賽季當中了,同時也可以以極佳的精神狀態迎接下一年。

Roger Federer Profile天王私家檔案
Born: 8 August 1981
Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland
Nationality: Swiss
Height Weight: 1.86m, 85kg
Plays: Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Turned Pro: 1998
Hobbies: Sports (Golf, Soccer, Skiing), Friends,
Playstation, Music, Cards
Olympics: 2008, 2004, 2000
Grand Slams: (13 Titles)
Australian Open: 2004, 2006, 2007
Wimbledon: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
U.S. Open: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Best Known As:
The Wimbledon men’s champion five straight times from 2003-2007
The U.S. Open men’s champion five straight times from 2004-2008