By proving himself a man for all surfaces – besides Wimbledon, Nadal in 2008 reached the semis for the first time at the Australian and the US Open – Nadal has significantly upgraded his place in tennis history. In nearly doubling his Slam output to five, Nadal vaulted past the likes of Kuerten, Jim Courier, Guillermo Vilas and now stands but one Slam title away from such multi-venue champions Becker and Stefan Edberg. 为了证明自己是能够适应各种场地的人 ─ 除了温布顿，豆豆在2008也首次打进澳网及 美网四强 ─ 他将自己在网球史上的地位升级了。 豆豆的大满贯数增加了将近一倍来到 五座，超越了过去像是Kuerten、Courier、Vilas等人，现在只差再一座不一样的大满贯 就可以追上多场地冠军Becker和Edberg。 While it's quite likely he'll earn his sixth Slam soon enough, as the 22-year-old Nadal nears his mid-20s, it's easy to imagine Nadal earning more Slams – figures that take him into the realm of such all-time top tenners as McEnroe (seven) and eight-Slammers Agassi, Connors, Ivan Lendl and Ken Rosewall. Start hitting doubles digits, and among Open era champions you enter the rarified air occupied only by Borg, Laver, Federer and Pete Sampras. 目前看来他很可能不久就会拿下他的第六座大满贯，22岁的豆豆，我们可以想像 他拿下更多的大满贯 ─ 预料到他会进入跨越年代的顶尖选手之列，如七座大满贯的 McEnroe，八座的Agassi、Connors、Lendl、Rosewall。甚至可能会追上(大满贯数)两位 数、开放年代以来最强的Borg、Laver、Federer和Sampras。 (译:这段会不会太嗨了?(汗)) It's easy to forget this, but early in 2008 there were times when Nadal looked weary, most notably when he lost in the Indian Wells semifinals to Novak Djokovic and the final of the Sony Ericsson Open to Nikolay Davydenko. As recently as Masters Series Hamburg in May, he stood one set away from dropping to No. 3 in the world. 很人易被遗忘的是，2008稍早豆豆有好几次显露疲态，尤其像是他在印地安泉 四强输给Djokovic，在迈阿密决赛输给Davydenko。五月在汉堡差一点点就掉到了No.3。 (译:人家只是没拿到冠军就这样说= =... 上半年主要是Djo打太好了) But in Paris, Nadal's tremendous sense of urgency and competitive fury was brilliant. His fourth straight French Open was his most dominant of all, the Spaniard failing to yield a set (a feat last attained at Roland Garros by Borg in 1980). At Wimbledon, he beat Federer in the greatest match in tennis history, 9-7 in the fifth. Again following in Borg's footsteps, Nadal that day became the first man since the Swede in 1980 to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same year. 但是在巴黎，豆豆强大的企图心和竞争意识非常出色。最具有统治力的还是法网 四连霸，这位西班牙人未失一盘夺冠(前一次是Borg在1980年达成)。在温布顿，他在网球 史上最经典的比赛中击败了Federer。再次跟随Borg的脚步，豆豆在那天成为自1980年的 Borg後第一位同年夺下法温网的选手。 Nadal's other six 2008 titles included an Olympic gold medal in Beijing, as well as three ATP Masters Series events (Monte Carlo, Hamburg, Toronto). During this run, he'd snapped up multiple titles on clay, grass and hard courts. 豆豆2008年其它六个冠军还包括了北京奥运金牌、三座名人赛冠军(蒙地卡罗、 汉堡、多伦多)。在此期间，他在红土、草地、硬地上都有拿下冠军。 "I know how tough it is to be No. 1," Nadal said during the US Open. "And I know for sure I can go back to No. 2 or No. 3 in next months, no? So you have to be ready for everything and try to enjoy this moment and accept everything." 「我知道要当第一有多麽困难。」豆豆在美网时这麽说。「我也很明白我有可能 在未来的几个月中回到No.2或No.3，不是吗?所以你必须做好准备然後尝试享受当下，并 且接受任何事发生。」 How does Nadal's 2008 rank among the greatest years in Open era history? The pinnacle is Rod Laver's unmatched 1969 calendar-year sweep of all four Slams. Five years later, Jimmy Connors won 99 out of 103 matches and every Slam he entered, the only gap resulting when Connors' participation in World Team Tennis led to his banishment from Roland Garros (another mitigating factor: the extreme shallowness in those years of the Australian Open field). In 1988, Mats Wilander also won three Slams, losing in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. 豆豆辉煌的2008年在开放年代以来占着怎样的地位呢?最颠峰的纪录是Rod Laver 的1969年，拿下全部四座大满贯。五年後Jimmy Connors在109场比赛中赢了99场，以及 拿下所有他有参加的大满贯，没拿到的那一个，是因为他当时参加了WTT的比赛而被取消 法网参赛资格(另一个次要原因:当时对澳网的轻视)。在1988年，Wilander也拿下了三 座大满贯，在温布顿止步四强。 (译注: WTT(World TeamTennis)是当时与ATP相抗衡的男子网球联盟，详情可上WIKI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Team_Tennis 另外，关於该次要原因的典故我看不懂也找不到(汗)，有请强者补充。) In a three-decade span from 1969 to 1999, there were 20 different years when a man earned two Slams in a calendar year, led by Pete Sampras accomplishing this on four occasions between 1993 and '97. 在1969到1999的这三十年间，有超过20年有单一男子选手拿到两个以上的大满贯 ，以Sampras在1993~1997之间四度达成为最。 Federer has topped everyone but Laver, notching a trio of three-Slam years in 2004, 2006 and 2007. Federer曾在2004、2006、2007连续三年拿下三座大满贯，超越Laver以外的所有 选手。 So while certainly Nadal's 2008 has been spectacular, it joins a long list of other notable tennis seasons. But perhaps the most engaging part of Nadal's success is his youth – and the way everything from his success to his demeanor gives evidence of even more great things to come. 豆豆的2008年的确是非常出色，足以列入一长串经典球季表现的名单。但他的成功 中最令人着迷的是他的年轻 ─ 还有其他所有事，从他的成功到风度都证明这这一切甚至 更好。 (译:破折号之後的句子让我想好久还是翻得怪怪的= =) -- ╭──────╥────────────────╥────────────╮ │██████║ ┌╮ ─╮ ╭ ─╮ ╭╮ ╭ ╭╮ ─╮ ╭ ─╮ ╭ │ │█Ψ████║ ╞╯ ╭┤ ┼ ╭┤ ├╯ │ Ψ ││ ╭┤ ╭┤ ╭┤ │ │ │██████║ ┘╰ ╰└ ┘ ╰└ ╰┘ ┘ ┘┘ ╰└ ╰└ ╰└ ┘ │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ --

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