Sam Stosur and coach David Taylor stick together through tough times Valkerie Baynes From: Sunday Herald Sun December 11, 2011 12:00AM 澳洲网坛二度颁奖给Sam和Dave後 师徒俩本周将至新加坡参加表演赛 Dave与媒体分享作为网球教练的小小心得 DAVID Taylor believes other tennis stars would have ditched him earlier this year, but not Samantha Stosur.Coach and athlete have stuck together through the lowest points of Stosur's career. Now they are enjoying the rewards - a grand slam title, accolades as Australia's best player and mentor and, this week, an exhibition tournament in Singapore. "A lot of challenges have come along with it, but the highlights definitely outweigh the more difficult times," Taylor told the Sunday Herald Sun. "I believe if I had been coaching someone with a different character, I may have not got to the finish line, so to speak. "They probably might have terminated my services before now, because with expectation comes a lot more pressure and she didn't do that well the first half of the year. "Possibly another player might have looked for answers outside herself. Sam didn't and that's a real tribute to her character and also very fortunate for me that I could keep working with her. "Not many players have those big, long-term coach relationships but I think it reflects on their characters the ones that do." Dave毫不讳言表示，光看今年初惨不忍睹的战绩，换做是别的球员，大概会把 他这教练早早火掉 (某部分球迷也很想 XD)，但正因为他教的对象是Sam ，才 有现在丰硕的成果。上半年的她，背负太多期望压力，间接影响场上表现。 Dave认为，要是其他球员像Sam 一样遭遇到低潮，她们反而不会考量自身的因 素，但 Sam则不然，身为教练他感到非常幸运，两人也因此能继续合作，长期 的师徒关系在网坛不常见到，这或多或少也反映了该球员的性格。 Taylor and Stosur teamed up briefly around the time Stosur was struck down by Lyme disease in mid-2007.Healthy again in early 2008, she and Taylor, the Australian Fed Cup captain and then Olympic coach, began work on her return. But that long road would be nothing compared to the trials of earlier this year.Failure to defend her Charleston title in April plunged Stosur into self-doubt only six weeks before she was expected to go one better than her 2010 runner-up finish at the French Open. Paris proved a big let-down with her third-round exit and, even worse, she failed to win a match at Wimbledon.Stosur had some "big, long talks" with Taylor during those times.They managed to turn things around and, two months later, she won the US Open.Stosur's profile has soared, but she and Taylor are happy to just keep on with the job. They are in their fifth pre-season training block and head to Singapore for an end-of-year invitational from December 16-18. Dave在2007年中，也是Sam患病时，两人短暂合作。至08年初，帮助Sam作 回归网坛的准备，此时Dave 身兼澳洲联邦杯队长及奥运教练。 即使师徒二人一同走过漫漫长路，但2011年上半，却迎来两人关系的巨大 考验，Sam 四月份在查尔斯顿赛卫冕之路上惨败，自此陷入自我怀疑的长 考中，此时离法网仅仅只剩六周，而她想再度闯入法网决赛并夺冠。但结 果却是爆冷止步第三轮，更糟的是，接下来温网，连两年一胜难求。 Sam 赛後和Dave谈了很多，两人试图做点改变，企求脱离困境，两个月过 後，她在美网封后，选手价值窜升，但师徒俩最开心的是，幸好当初她们 仍坚持努力的信念。现下合作关系迈入第五年备战赛季，两人将在本月16 -18 号，参加新加坡年终表演赛。(不晓得会不会带 Emma XD) "Before last year, she was never invited to any exhibitions," Taylor said. "Obviously it's quite lucrative. Sam's not so much interested in that. She's more interested in her preparation and good matches. "We're on the same page. The big focus for us is the tennis and not the other things that often tennis can bring you. "It can bring you so much celebrity and status but Sam is not interested in that at all and nor am I, and I don't want to coach a player that's interested in that either." As like-minded as they are, the secret of this pairing is even more simple. 身为教练心酸的表示，今年以前，爱徒从没受邀参加表演赛过，表演赛能 带来额外收入，但她并不热衷此道，反而对备战部分和一些好球赛着迷， 这点两人看法一致，Sam 不看重名声地位，而他自己也不想教到对此很在 意的选手。师徒俩契合的原因就是如此单纯。 "We just really trust and respect each other and always listen," Stosur said. "We both learn lots of things from each other. Sometimes it's hard to know how a coach-player relationship is going to turn out, but I can happily say that this one has gone very well." Taylor agreed. "Trust is a massive thing and I don't take that lightly, that Sam has trusted me with her career," he said. "She only gets one shot at this and that's a big thing to be entrusted with. I'll do anything I can to help her win her matches because she's given me that responsibility." Sam 表示，我们很信任且尊重对方，倾听是很重要的一环，在对方身上都 学到不少东西，一般来说，你很难知道选手和教练的关系能否走得下去， 但自己能开心地说，至少她的目前为止没得挑剔。 Dave也同意这个说法。 他认为信任很重要，而爱徒将宝贵的职业生涯托付给他，所以身为教练， 更要拼了老命，不计代价帮她赢得比赛，因为这是Sam 给他的任务。 -- 希望明年底也能继续看到老生常谈的新闻 XD Dave辛苦啦!! http://tinyurl.com/cdpzjur --

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