http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2011/05/30/nadal-honest-to-a-fault/ 连结在此 If you’re the sort of sports fan who wishes professional athletes would say what’s really on their minds, check out recent vintage Rafael Nadal. The No. 1-ranked tennis player, five-time French Open champion and all-time battler has decided to bare his soul at Roland Garros this week. Nadal moved a step closer to a sixth French Open final Monday with a straight-set win over Ivan Ljubicic, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. On paper, this seems quite good. In Nadal’s mind, it’s not very good at all. “No, seriously, I am not confident,” he said. “I am not playing enough well to win this tournament.” And then there was this: “The thing is you have to be realist, and today I’m not playing enough well to win this tournament.” And this: “I have to hit the ball with a little bit more conviction, in my opinion,” he said. “For moments I am playing a few good points, but after I have few bad points.” And this: “I won four times already here, five times already here. I don’t have an obligation to win six. I going to try for sure, but….” He trailed off. In case Nadal hasn’t made himself clear just yet, let’s rewind to Saturday, when he scored another straight-set victory. He was asked about what it takes to stay at the top in a sport with such a long season and demanding competition. “I [am] almost 25, but seems like I am playing for 100 years here on the tour,” he said. “Sometimes it’s like work. And, in my opinion, tennis is not work. Is passion. Is different—the perspective, in my opinion, is different. With this calendar and with these rankings all the time, it’s like work.” If this harsh introspection sounds different from the guy who’s owned Roland Garros in recent years, it’s because he rarely exhibited any flaw that would call for self-criticism here. But there’s no arguing with Nadal’s self-assessment now. So far this tournament, he hasn’t been close to the dominating clay-court supremo who has twice won this event without losing a set. But to hear him say so—over and over and over and over again—is enough to make you wonder whether his four-match losing streak against Novak Djokovic, all in finals, has cost him more than a few ranking points. His uncle and coach, Toni, said Djokovic wasn’t a concern until he was on court."It’s a problem when we play against him, not when we look on the television,” he said. Toni Nadal is the sort of man who much prefers forests to trees. He’s philosophical, calm and matter-of-fact about tennis. He said he had seen his nephew in this situation before. “In 2009 and 2010 he played a lot of big matches without any confidence,” he said. “It just happens. I don’t think many hours about these kind of things. Now it’s like this, and I know this is a process. It’s going not too good, but not a big problem. What I say is, you should try to play more relaxed and think about what you have won in your life.” If Nadal wins two more matches, he’ll be in the finals again. Djokovic only has to win one more, since his quarterfinal opponent, Fabio Fognini, withdrew Monday with an injury. Djokovic will now have four days off, but Nadal didn’t think that would shake the confidence of his leading challenger. “Fantastic, no?” Nadal said without sarcasm. “Tell me what’s the worst part of that?” Another forthright comment from a man who sounds like he could use a few days off himself. Instead, he next faces Robin Soderling, the only player to have beaten him on French Open clay. 豆说他觉得自己打的不够好 不够好到足以拿下法网 看来还是信心的问题让他在场上的时候犹豫了 Toni叔说之前也有发生过(09-10年，去年拿下蒙地卡罗之前那一段时间的挣扎) 不过问题不大~ --照之前的情况来看，解铃还需系铃人 只要打败Nole一次就可以恢复了XD 好消息是身体应该没啥大问题~ 我觉得应该调整一下心态 把自己当成是挑战者而不是球王 这样应该可以打得比较放得开 也没有因为我是卫冕者所以应该打得比对方好的压力 --

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