Nadal Chasing Ninth Monte-Carlo Crown 納神尋求蒙地卡羅第九冠 Rafael Nadal could face Andy Murray in the semi-finals of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters as he bids to win the title for the ninth year in a row. The 27-year-old Spaniard has lost just one match in four tournaments since his return in Vina del Mar from a seven-month injury lay-off. He claimed clay-court titles in Sao Paulo and Acapulco before triumphing at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on hard court (d. del Potro). 納達爾可能在四強賽面對穆雷，27歲的西班牙人回歸以來，在過去四項巡迴賽只輸掉一場 比賽，隨後他拿下了Sao Paulo(ATP 250)和Acapulco(ATP 500)兩項紅土比賽冠軍，並且第 三次舉起印第安泉的獎杯。 The Spaniard is seeded No. 3 at the first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tournament of the year and is also in the same half of the draw as No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 10 Nicolas Almagro and No. 13 Stanislas Wawrinka. 西班牙人在本次大師賽位列第三種子，同樣在下半籤表的有法國阿里 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 、芒果、瑞士的瓦林卡等人。 View Singles Draw (PDF) The 26-year-old Nadal has a staggering 44-1 event record at the Monte-Carlo Country Club, with his only defeat coming as a 16 year old on his tournament debut in 2003 (l. to Coria in 3rd RD). In a rematch of the 2010 final, Nadal could face countryman Fernando Verdasco in the second round, should Verdasco overcome Australian Marinko Matosevic in his opener. Nadal is seeded to meet No. 16 Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round and has a projected meeting either eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic or No. 11 Gilles Simon in the quarter-finals. 現年26歲的納達爾在此擁有 44勝 1敗的傲人戰績(唯一的一敗是2003年面對Coria，阿根廷 紅土高手)，第二輪可能會面對同胞髮膠哥貝達斯科(2010亞軍)；第三輪可能會面對 Philipp Kohlschreiber；八強賽則是 Tipsarevic和西蒙的勝方。 Second seed Murray heads up the bottom half of the draw and is bidding to reach the final of an ATP World Tour clay-court tournament for the first time. The Scot, who is coming off his 26th tour-level title in Miami, opens his campaign against either Robin Haase, a quarter-finalist this week in Casablanca, or a qualifier. Switzerland’s Wawrinka is a potential third-round opponent for Murray, with Almagro and Tsonga both possible quarter-final challenges. 穆雷則是領銜下半部籤表，對蘇格蘭人來說，邁阿密大師賽冠軍(第26個巡迴賽冠軍)為他 說明最近的好狀態，他可能會對上 Robin Haase或是從資格賽晉升的選手；瓦林卡可能是 英國希望第三輪的考驗；八強賽則有芒果或是 Tsonga的強力挑戰。 Should Murray and Nadal contest the Monte-Carlo semi-finals, it would be their 19th meeting. Nadal leads their head-to-head series 13-5, including a victories over the Scot in the 2009 and 2011 Monte-Carlo semi-finals. 假如納達爾和穆雷雙雙順利晉級最後四強，那將是他們生涯第19次決戰，目前西班牙人以 13勝 5敗領先(包括2009四強賽和2011四強賽在蒙地卡羅的勝利) World No. 1 Novak Djokovic looks to have recovered from his right ankle injury in time to lead the 56-player field. The Serb practised at the Monte-Carlo Country Club with his coach, Marian Vajda, for 50 minutes on Friday and took part in a fun exhibition with Murray outside the Hotel de Paris on Saturday. 世界第一的諾瓦克看來已經從右腳踝的傷勢中回復，塞爾維亞人已在教練的陪同下在俱樂 部練球，並在週五與穆雷出席飯店外的展覽會。 The 25-year-old Djokovic begins his tournament on Wednesday against either Mikhail Youzhny or Daniel Gimeno-Traver. One of the most intriguing matches of the first round sees Ernests Gulbis face John Isner, with the winner a possible third-round opponent for Djokovic; 14th seed Juan Monaco is also in that section. Fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro is Djokovic’s projected quarter-final opponent, but the Argentine could face competition from 12th seed Milos Raonic, who opens against Julien Benneteau, Alexandr Dolgopolov and Bernard Tomic. 25歲的喬柯維奇第二輪將對上 Youzhny和 Gimeno-Traver之間的勝方，近況不錯的 Gulbis 和美國大炮之間的勝者則是喬柯維奇第三輪的對手。在這半區的還有 Monaco和 Del Potro ，Del Potro第三輪的可能對手是 Raonic(Raonic首輪對上回春擊落 Federer的 Benneteau )。 Tomas Berdych is seeded fourth, following the withdrawal of recent Miami finalist David Ferrer due to injury. The Czech faces either Marcel Granollers or a qualifier in the second round and could meet 15th seed Andreas Seppi in the third round. Seventh seed Richard Gasquet, a semi-finalist in 2005, is on course to meet Berdych in the quarter-finals and has a potential third-round meeting with ninth seed Marin Cilic. The in-form Kevin Anderson and Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz are also in that section. Berdych則是第四種子，由於 Ferrer的傷退，第二輪可能會對上 Granollers；第三輪則可 能是Seppi，八強賽則可能面對 Gasquet(2005四強)，同樣半區的還有 Cilic、Anderson和 Janowicz。 Main draw play begins on Sunday, 14 April, at the Monte-Carlo Country Club. -- "Be quiet!" 講這句話的真的是超有風度的～～ --

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