By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Murray believes victory over world number one Roger Federer in Dubai on Monday will give him the platform to become a genuine contender for the biggest prizes in tennis. Murray相信打敗球王會給他一個舞台，這舞台能讓他成為大賽獎金的真正的競爭者 For the past two years, Murray and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic have been touted as the players most likely to challenge the Federer-Rafael Nadal duopoly at the top of men’s tennis. 過去兩年，Murray和丟克是被喻為最能挑戰球王和納豆的兩位選手 Born five days apart in May 1987, Djokovic started 2007 ranked 16th in the world while his British rival kept pace in 17th place. 生於1987年5月22日，丟克在去年年初排名16，Murray則排17 But since then, they have traveled down distinctly different paths. 但從那時起，他們走的路大相逕庭 Djokovic burst off the blocks to reach the semi-finals or better at three of the four grand slams last year and firmly established his place among the elite with victory at the Australian Open in January. 丟克創生涯紀錄，在四大滿貫都闖進半決賽或更好的成績。在澳網奪冠更為自己在男子 網壇樹立了地位 Murray has proved to be more of a long distance runner and has made steady progress up the rankings over the same period. Murray則比較像是長跑型選手，在同時期都穩定的進步 While the comparisons are inevitable given their age, the 20-year-old Briton would be quick to point out that his own development has been hampered by back and wrist injuries. It kept him off the tour for almost four months in 2007 and forced him to miss the French Open and Wimbledon. 因為同齡，無可避免的就會拿他們出來比較。Murray的發展因為背傷、腕傷受到阻礙。 這使他去年幾乎四個月無法參賽，也迫使他退出法網和溫網 ‘MENTALLY WEAK’ "心理素質差" After many false starts over the last six months, where his success on the regular ATP circuit amounted to nothing at the majors, Murray hopes his second career victory over Federer is what he needs to do well at the slams. 在過去半年的失敗後，他在巡迴賽幾乎繳白卷，Murray希望生涯第二場對球王的勝利 也能轉換為在大滿貫賽事的成績 “The most important thing is just to believe you can win the match,” Murray said after handing Federer his first opening-round defeat since 2004 at the Dubai Championships. "最重要的是你相信自己能贏得比賽" 賽後記者會Murray提到 “I’ve been really mentally weak for such a long time and not held up in pressure situations, and I showed tonight that was not going to be an issue.” "長久以來我的心理素質一直很糟，無法抵抗壓力，但今晚我表現得無可挑剔" Murray never faced a break point during the contest, an impressive statistic against the world number one and 12-times grand slam champion. Murray沒給對方任何一個破發點，這是相當耀眼的數據 Unlike Djokovic, Murray has a winning head-to head record against the Swiss, winning two of their three meetings. 不像丟克，Murray和球王的對戰成績取得二勝一負的領先 However, while Djokovic has become a regular feature in the final rounds of the majors, beating Federer en route to his victory at Melbourne Park, Murray has never reached a grand slam quarter-final. 然而丟克已經成為大賽決賽的常客時，他打敗球王進而奪得澳網錦標；Murray還沒挺進 大滿貫的八強過 A first-round exit in Australia seven weeks ago might have been viewed as a major setback, but the Scot simply shrugged it off and won his next event in Marseille. 第一輪澳網就被淘汰可能被視為他一個重大挫敗，但Murray也沒太在意，隨後在馬賽拿 下錦標 Should anyone question Murray’s credentials, he would do well to point out Federer’s record. 有人質疑Murray的資歷，他這時的成績還比球王好 Before his 21st birthday, Federer had won three titles. Murray already owns five. 21歲生日前，球王贏過三個錦標，Murray則已經贏了5個 (Editing by John Mehaffey) --

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