Konnichiwa, 你好(日文) It's very exciting to be here in Tokyo and I'm also very pleased to be writing the ATPtennis.com blog this week. I've read a few blogs during the year. I really enjoy them as they shed some light on what goes on behind the scenes on the ATP circuit and it's a great way to communicate with the fans. 这个礼拜我很兴奋能来到东京，而且很高兴能写这篇 ATPtennis.com 的blog。在这个年 间我看了很多blog，我很喜欢他们在ATP巡回赛幕後发生的事所散发出来的光彩，这是个 很好跟球迷沟通的方法。 I've had an unbelievable time since arriving in Japan on Friday. I had one of my first practices on one of the outside courts of the Ariake Tennis Forest Park and many, many fans watched me. That was very special for me. They all had their cameras and their phones up in the air taking photos. It was like a sight I'd never seen before. People were running behind me on the way to practice, wanting photos, autographs, my rackets and even my clothes. I thought for a second that maybe I should practice naked. It was a great atmosphere and for the first time I felt what it must be like to be a rock star. I practiced with the No. 1 Japanese player Go Soeda, who is very nice and a very talented player. 从我星期五来到东京，期间发生了一些让人难以相信的事情。我在这的第一次练球是在 Ariake Tennis Forest Park的室外球场，这里有很多很多的球迷来看我，让我感到十分 特别。他们都带着他们的相机和手机来拍照，这是我从来没见过的。大家在我练球的途中 都追着我跑，想要我的照片、签名、球拍、甚至我的衣服。我想了一下，或许我应该要打 着赤膊练球吧！这里的气氛非常好，而且我第一次觉得我像个摇滚巨星。我练球的对象是 日本第一的选手Go Soeda，他是一个很好而且球打也不错的选手。 Two months ago the tournament asked me if I would practice at 10AM on Centre Court on the first day of the tournament and I did not understand why but I decided it would be ok. Now I understand why. The tournament had promoted it as my first official practice in Japan and opened it to the public. It was great to see so many fans out there for an early morning practice. 两个月前，赛事单位要求我要在第一天的早上十点在中央球场练球，我当时不了解为什麽 ，那时我觉得应该还OK，但现在我了解了。赛事单位想要藉由我第一次在东京的正式练球 提升他们的比赛，并且公开给大众。很高兴能在这麽早的练球中看到这麽多的球迷。 On Saturday I had an incredible experience meeting with the Crown Prince of Japan, Prince Naruhito at one of the Imperial Palaces. I had been waiting for the moment for a long time and it was something that needed to be planned well in advance because of the protocol. We went to one of his guest palaces. He had two clay courts back there. I warmed up with him and I was surprised how well he played. Then I played with another junior as he took a rest and then I asked the Prince if he'd like to play some doubles. He was excited about that and we played a set together, which was a lot of fun and we won! I must admit that the Prince hit some fantastic winners and was a great partner. 星期六时，我有个不可思议的经验，我在日本的宫殿遇到了日本的王储，Naruhito王子。 这次会面是我很久以来一直所期待的，按照惯例提前进行了很不错的安排。我们充当他的 众多宫殿宾客之一，在那後面有两个红土球场，我跟他对打暖身，我很惊讶他竟然打的这 麽好。在他休息时，我又跟很多年轻人对打，之後我问他要不要来打点双打，他对此很感 兴趣，我们两个搭档，过程非常好玩，而且最後我们赢了！我必须承认他打出了很多神 奇的致胜球，而且他是个很好的双打夥伴。 Princess Masako and their beautiful daughter Aiko were also there and spent some time with my girlfriend Mirka and my agent Tony. After tennis we had a wonderful lunch and talked for over an hour at his tennis villa. Then we went for a walk around their picture-perfect gardens - in particular I remember they have a beautiful lake and trees - and had lunch at the court. It is one of the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen and to think that it is in the centre of Tokyo is quite amazing. It was a very enjoyable moment. You don't get to play tennis with royalty every day and I will never forget this experience. 王妃雅子和他漂亮的女儿Aiko也花了一点时间陪我的女朋友Mirka和经纪人Tony，在网 球时间过後，我们在他的网球别墅吃了一顿很好的午餐，并且聊天聊了一个小时。之後我 们在他们那好像在画中的花园里散步，尤其是我记得那里有一个很美丽的湖和一些树，我 们是在球场吃过中餐。我从来没看过这麽漂亮的花园，而且它竟然座落在东京的中央，这 更让我惊讶。这是段很好的时光，你不能每天跟皇室贵族打网球，所以我大概不会忘记这 次的经验吧。 It's very exciting to be here in Japan. It's been a while since I've been to a city or a country for the first time. I'm still feeling my way around, but the people are so polite and respectful here and I'm really happy I've made the trip. Mirka has played here five or six times so I knew what to expect but it's been more enjoyable than I thought. I love travelling in Asia. I have been to Bangkok, Shanghai, Dubai, Doha, and I always wanted to come to Japan. It's a very interesting country with fascinating history and culture. It's very different from home and I wanted to see it. 在东京很让人兴奋，好一阵子我不曾初次到一个城市或国家。我还在感受我周遭的道 路，但这里的人很有礼貌，也很尊敬别人，我很高兴我有这一趟旅程。Mirka在这里 打了五到六次比赛，所以我大概可以预期这里是什麽样子，但是这边比我想像的还要好。 我喜欢在亚洲旅行，我曾去过曼谷、上海、杜拜、杜哈，而且我一直想要来东京。这是个 很有趣的国家，有着很迷人的历史跟传统。跟家乡有很大的分别，我很想要来看看。 The traffic hasn't been as bad as I had expected and Tokyo is a very clean city where the pace of life is not as hectic as I imagined. I was expecting Tokyo to be like New York or Rome. This is such a big city with 8 1/2 million people in the centre and 12 1/2 million in total that you'd think there would be people everywhere, but it seems very relaxed. 东京的交通并不如我预期的糟，而且这里非常的乾净，生活的步调并没有我想像的这麽的 忙乱。我原本预期，东京是个像纽约或罗马的城市。这是个这麽大的城市，在这市中心有 着850万的人口，全部总共有1250万的人口，可以想像的是，这边应该到处都是人，但是 这里似乎非常让人感到轻松。 I love Japanese food a lot and I eat it anywhere I go as it seems to be the 'in' food. It's healthy food with a lot of rice and vegetables. Over the last few years I started to eat fish and meat, so I can enjoy sushi and sashimi as well. Saturday night I had dinner with Mr Morita, the chairman of the Japanese Tennis Association. We had shabu-shabu - it's like a broth where you put the meat in and it's very much like the Swiss dish 'Fondue Chinoise'. 我喜欢日本的食物，我吃遍了这里看起来是日本料理的食物，他们的食物有很多的饭跟蔬 菜，很健康。最近几年来我开始吃鱼跟肉，所以我也很喜欢这里的寿司跟沙西米。星期六 晚上我和日本网球协会的主席Morita吃晚餐。我们吃涮涮锅，大概是类似把肉丢进汤里煮 ，很像是瑞士的Fondue Chinoise。 The other night I played a joke on Mirka and put a lot of wasabi (the very strong green paste) underneath a piece of her sashimi…she still has fire coming out of her nose and has promised to get me back! 另一个晚上我捉弄了Mirka，我放了很多的哇沙米(一种很强的绿色糊状的东西)在一片沙 西米底下，他的鼻子喷火了，她说她保证会报复回去！ For breakfast I was introduced to the Japanese custom of drinking vinegar, which is supposed to clean your system. I quite enjoyed that. 早餐他们介绍给我日本的传统，一种喝的醋，可以清洁身体的系统，我很喜欢这个。 I'm off to do my pre-tournament press conference now. 我现在要去比赛前的记者会了。 Sayonara and write to you tomorrow! 再见(日文)，我明天在写给你们！ Roger PS - In one of the photos above you will see that Mirka and I meet up with Monica Seles, Japanese tennis legend Kimiko Date and her husband, German racing driver Michael Krumm. 附注：这些照片的其中之一，你会看到Mirka、我碰巧遇到的Monica Seles、日本网球传 奇Kimiko Date和他的先生，还有德国比赛的司机Michael Krumm。 -- 这篇可能有很多错误，包括语意上的等等，有错还请大家不吝啬的指正 -- 这篇很有趣，我想Roger大概非常好奇日本这个国家，还跟皇室打球Orz.. 真希望哪一天他也能来台湾.... Please check out my web site: rogerfederer.com --

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