Sunday, January 25, 2009 Questions for Rafa: Big fishes, footballers and music What grip size do you use? People on TV say it is very small so you get more spin - is this true? Brian Swift 你的握把是用几号的?电视上说你用特别小的以增加旋度，这是真的吗? RN: They make it specially for me. Not sure what size it is. 他们帮我订做的。我不确定是什麽size。 What was the biggest fish you've ever caught? Maureen, USA 你钓过最大只的鱼是? RN: I don't know the English word. IT was around 2 meters long. 我不确定英文怎麽称呼。牠大概有2公尺长。 Yesterday you blogged about being ready to play at 11am but didn't play until 1:30pm. How do you fill in the time while waiting? Peter, Melbourne 昨天你说你会在11点出赛，实际上却等到午後1:30才出赛。你在等待时都做些什麽? RN: I just stay in the locker room with my uncle and my physio and wait. IF the match goes too long then I also might go to eat something at the player's restaurant. I don't really do much since need to be ready to go quickly on court. 我只是跟我叔叔还有物理治疗师留在休息室等待。如果真的等太久我也可能会去球员餐厅 吃点东西。我没做多少事，因为必须随时准备上场。 How did you feel at the Prince of Asturias award ceremony when Ingrid Betancourt said how listening to your victories at Roland Garros on the radio had helped to sustain her during her captivity in the jungle? Janet 在Prince of Asturias award的颁奖典礼上，Ingrid Betancourt说她从广播中听到你在 法网的胜利，这帮助她撑过被囚禁在丛林的日子。你对这件事的感觉是? (关於Ingrid Betancourt: http://tinyurl.com/bvho5c 颁奖典礼上跟Rafa讲悄悄话图: http://tinyurl.com/as64xk ) RN: It was an unbelievable moment for me. To know that someone in those conditions knew about sports or what I was doing ... Very emotional. 对我来说这是个令人难以置信的时刻。知道有人在那样的处境下还知道体育运动或我在做 什麽…非常令人动容。 Who do you think is the best footballer in the world right now? Funso Oladipo 你觉得现在谁是世界上最好的足球员? RN: I think Leo Messi is playing at an unbelievable level. 我想是Leo Messi，他踢得令人难以置信的好。 What do you think of your fellow Spaniards, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo? Do you like opera? Vicky, New York 你对你的同胞歌手卡瑞拉斯跟多明尼哥的感觉是?你听歌剧吗? RN: I am not a big listener of classical music but in the case of those two, I really enjoy some of the things they sing. I am not a big fan of opera but thanks to Vittorio Selmi, an ATP employee, I have had the chance to listen to some of it and it was good. I have never been to one opera so I can't really know well how it is really. 我不常听古典乐，但这两位我很享受他们的歌声。我不是忠实的歌剧迷，但是感谢 Vittorio Selmi，一位ATP的工作人员，我有机会听一些，它们很棒。我没有去现场听歌 剧过，所以我不太知道实际上是什麽样子。 Have you ever been defaulted from a match for not being ready on time? Lauren 你曾因为没有在时间内准备好而退赛吗? RN: No, never. But close... 没有，但差一点… How long does it take you to prepare for a major? About from tennis do you do any other sport to prepare? David 大赛你要花多久的时间准备?除了网球外，你还会什麽运动做准备呢? RN: Maybe a bit more than for a smaller event. I arrived in Melbourne Tuesday morning to give you an idea. I would arrive on a Friday or Saturday to other events. But the big difference is the previous events played. I need some matches under my belt before. 或许比小比赛多一点。我在周二就到墨尔本了，这会给你一点概念。其他比赛我大概会在 周五或周六到。但比较不同的是前一个赛事，有些我必须打些比赛当热身。 I read that you played the golf course on Ile Aux Cerfs when you went to Mauritius recently. I played there every day in November but the course was too hard and I lost about 10 balls on one round! How did you get on? Graham 我听说你最近有在模里西斯的Ile Aux Cerfs球场打球。我11月时每天都在那里，但球场 太大了，结果我打丢了10颗球!你勒? RN: I played well and didn't lose as many balls... :-) 我打得不错，没有打丢过球…:-) Whose poster did you have on your bedroom wall as a child? George Lambropoulos 你小时候房间里贴的是谁的海报呢? RN: I didn't have any to be honest. 老实说我没有。 -- ══════════════════★═════════════ ◢███◣ ◢ ◣ ◢██ █◣◢█ ◢█◣ ◢█◣ ◢█◣ ◢█◣ ◢██ ◢█◣ █████ █ █ █ █ █◥◤█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █▇▇ █ █ξ█◥█◤█ζ ◥█◤ ◥◤◥ ◥ ◤ ◥█◤ ◢█◤ █◥◣ ◥◤◥ █ ◥◤◥ ﹨█︶█∕ ══════════════════★═════════════ ／■﹨ --

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