Nenad Zimonjic on return from London ‘I feel at home at Wimbledon’ Author: s. vrakela | 08.07.2009 - 08:34 Every time top Serbian tennis stars – Novak Djokovic, Jelena Jankovic or Ana Ivanovic – underachieve and disappoint their fans, there is one persistent dark horse in the Serbian camp who delivers at the biggest of stages. This year alone, it started with the title in Rotterdam, continued with the Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Rome and Madrid events and was crowned in his 50th career doubles final at Wimbledon, as Nenad Zimonjic, paired with Daniel Nestor, disposed of all oppositions to ascend to ATP’s doubles rankings No. 1. 在Nole, JJ, Ana表現不亮眼的情況下,黑馬Zimonjic拿下鹿特丹後,連拿了蒙地卡羅. 巴塞隆納.羅馬.馬德里,並於生涯第五十個雙打決賽"溫布頓"奪冠.和Nestor一起重回雙打 排名第一. Only halfway through the 2009 season, this could yet prove to be Zimonjic’s most fruitful year so far. 即使年才過了一半,仍是Zimonjic豐收的一年. - “I feel really privileged to have played on the Central Court at Wimbledon, but the fact that I’ve managed to win the past two doubles trophies in London is something really special. Very few players come to a Wimbledon title, while even fewer manage to defend it. With this year’s win, Nestor and myself have entered the history of tennis, and we’re extremely happy about it. The Wimbledon organizers do their best to make you feel at home. For example, at my insistence they spelled the original letter “c”(註) in my surname while engraving it in the trophy. I hope this is not the end of our fine results and that we will win many more trophies in the years to come, ” said Zimonjic at the press conference in the Belgrade City Hall, which was attended by Serbian Minister of Sport Snezana Samardzic-Markovic and Gemax Tennis Club president Djordjo Antelj. 在中央球場打球,能衛冕感覺很好.很開心,希望能繼續贏下去. The road to the Wimbledon doubles title started with an early exit at the prelude at Queens. - “We were defeated as early as the second round at Queens, so our run-in to Wimbledon had been a poor one and the atmosphere was not that perfect. However, with every match played at Wimbledon we grew secure and confident, and the draw was such that we kept facing strong oppositions and so we were forced to give our 100 per cent throughout the tournament.” Although at the age of 33, and his current domination in the realm of doubles tennis, Nenad Zimonjic still sees himself playing top-level tennis for many more years to come. 女王盃第二輪就出局了,這不是個好的開始,但隨著溫布頓的每場比賽都漸漸帶來信心. 即使已經33歲,但看來仍能以好狀態繼續打球. - “You don’t have to rest and recover that much after a doubles match as much as you need for the singles. It gets harder as you grow old. However, Nestor wants to keep playing for as long as he can, and as we’re doing just fine, there’s no reason to stop now. When Daniel realized he was not as motivated as he had been with his previous doubles partner, he parted ways with him and started playing with me. My wish to keep achieving top results is not an issue,” says Zimonjic. 雙打恢復比單打快,但和年紀有相關. Nestor像儘他可能繼續打球,我們現在狀況很好, 沒理由停止. The somewhat mediocre achievement of Serbian tennis stars in the singles at Wimbledon is addressed by Zimonjic. - “Our people have got used to our players winning all the time, and now they treat anything but a place in the semi-final as a failure. Believe me, the examples of Federer and Nadal are something you rarely come across in the world of sport,” explained Zimonjic. 我們習慣自家選手總是贏得比賽,現在他們視止步四強為失敗,相信我,Federer跟Nadal 的例子不是體壇輕易可見的. http://www.blic.rs/sports.php?id=4773 註:“c”其實上面還有一撇,但我複製不上來 --

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