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Doing the Heavy Lifting 重重举起
The ATP’s year-end championships in London really did provide a perfect
—or at least perfectly appropriate—summation of the 2015 season. Novak
Djokovic won his 11th title, in his 15th straight final, to put a hard-earned
exclamation point on the best and most dominant season of his career. And he
did it with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Roger Federer, the same man he had beaten
in the finals of the year’s two biggest events, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.
在伦敦的ATP 年终赛 确实为2015年球季提供了一个完美－或完美地近似的－的结论。
在他连续15次的决赛中，Novak Djokovic拿到他的冠军，为他这个最棒最主宰的球季
画下一个惊叹号。他以6-3, 6-4打败了罗杰．费德勒－他在温布顿和美网同样击败的男人
The similarities didn’t end there. For me, Djokovic’s 2015 season, and his
rivalry with Federer over the last 12 months, could be boiled down to two
points they played in Sunday’s final.
相似处不止于此。对我而言，Djokovic 的2015球季和他过去十二个月和费德勒的敌对，
都可以简化成在礼拜天决赛他们所打的两分。
The first of those points came in the second set at 3-3, 15-15, on
Djokovic’s serve. Federer had just put together a strong hold, and
the crowd, which had been looking for a reason to get behind him
for at least an hour, was murmuring. At 15-0, Federer brought them
to their feet when he moved the Serb all over the court and finished
the rally with a leaping overhead. At 15-15, Djokovic missed his
first serve, causing more murmurs. If Federer was going to make a move,
this seemed to be the moment.
第一分来自于第二盘3-3, 15-15的时候，在囧爸的发球局。费爸刚刚强势保发，
而在过去一小时不断为费寻找气势转列点的全场观众也开始鼓躁了。在15-0乔领先时，
费爸以一个高吊得分让观众站起来了。15-15，乔错失了一发，观众更加鼓躁兴奋了。
如果费爸要开始行动了，现在正是时候。
Instead, Djokovic hit an excellent, high-kicking second serve that forced
Federer back, and on the next shot Federer flipped a weak backhand into
the net. The crowd quieted again—all you could hear was Federer’s groan
of frustration—and Djokovic won the next three points to hold serve and
re-steady the ship. At Wimbledon this year, Djokovic had used his first serve
to foil Federer; at the O2, it was his second serve that did the job.
He won 84 percent of his second-serve points, and repeatedly pushed
Federer back by kicking the ball into his body. Djokovic took, you might say,
the SABR out of Federer’s hand.
相反地，乔爸发出了一个漂亮的高弹跳二发把费爸逼回底线，下一拍费回了一个软弱的
反手而挂网。观众再次噤声－你唯一能听到的只有费丧气的哀怨－而囧爸连拿了三分保发
。在温布顿，囧爸用他的一发撕裂费德勒，在O2体育馆，他的二发完成了这个工作。
他赢了84%的二发，不断地把费德勒逼到底线后。你可以说，Djo把费的著名武器
－罗杰突袭－直接从费德勒的手中拿走了。
While Djokovic's play recalled his 2015 Slam-final performances in a positive
way, Federer's recalled his in a negative way. On Tuesday, Federer had
confidently sliced and diced his way through Djokovic in 77 minutes in a
round-robin meeting. On Sunday, though, with the title on the line, Federer
was a different player. Instead of mixing things up, he pressed. Instead of
choosing his spots, he forced the issue. Instead of holding confidently, he
fell behind early in his service games with mistakes.
Instead of pulling the trigger and connecting from the ground, he missed:
Federer committed 31 unforced errors to Djokovic’s 14. The mid-court
forehands that had been going for winners this week were suddenly sailing
over the baseline or dropping into the net.
当Djo这场的表现让我们正面地回想起他2015大满贯决赛的发挥，费让我们想起在大满贯
决赛他打的多烂。在星期二，费德勒很有信心的在77分钟内以他的分式把Djo给撕裂。
然而，星期天，在离冠军只有一步之遥之日，费德勒变成完全不同的选手。不像之前
混合各种招式，他加压；不像之前选择他的攻击位置，他给自己制造问题；不像之前
强势保发，他轻易地在他的发球局一开始就出错而导致落后；不像之前发动攻击而完成
打击，他失准了：费德勒制造了31个UE而囧口只有14个。在这礼拜前不断得分的中场
正拍攻击，突然间不是飞过底线，就是撞上网子
“Maybe at times I went for too much,” Federer said. “The moments where
I should have gone safe, I didn’t, and vice versa. Those are the two regrets
I have.”
费德勒说：或许有时候我太过头了吧！该保守的时候我冒险，该侵略的时候我退缩，
这两件事我仍然深深懊悔著。
The two matches that Djokovic and Federer played last week in London were,
in a sense, a repeat of the matches they played at the Cincinnati Masters
and the U.S. Open this summer. Each time it was Federer who won the warm-up,
and Djokovic who won the main event.
Djo 和费在上个礼拜打的两场比赛，就某方面来说，是之前他们在辛辛那提以及美网
比赛的重现。每次都是费赢了暖身运动，而Djo赢了重要时刻。
In Cincy, a net-storming Federer blitzed Djokovic in 90 minutes. Three weeks
later at Flushing Meadows, though, it was Djokovic who found his game, and
Federer who lost his. I remember being surprised by the uncertainty in
Federer’s eyes in the Open final. Hadn’t he just beaten Djokovic three weeks
earlier? Didn’t he hear the 23,000 people roaring his name? Why, now, did he
look as if he were trying to climb Mt. Everest?
在辛辛那提，费德勒以90分钟痛击Djo。三个礼拜后在法拉盛草原，反而是囧爸找到了
他的比赛，而费迷失了。我记得我被费爸眼中的茫然吓到。三个礼拜前他不是才刚打败
Djo吗？他难道没有听到23000观众大喊他的名字吗？为什么，现在，他看起来像是在爬
中华民国第一高峰？（迷之声，你中华队?林益全?）
In London, Federer played his first match against Djokovic with the same
slashing confidence that he had shown in Cincy; he played his second, more
important match against him with the same uncertainty that he had shown in
New York. Federer closed his otherwise outstanding 2015 with a double fault.
在伦敦，费德勒在跟Djo的第一场比赛再次展现在和辛辛那提一样的霸气。但当他跟Djo
打第二次时，他的眼中再次出现了他在纽约所露出的不安。费以双误结束了他杰出的
2015球季。
If Federer’s backhand error at 3-3, 15-15 defined his season against
Djokovic, Djokovic’s backhand winner on the first point at 4-4 defined
his own season.
如果费在3-3，15-15的反拍失误定义了他这个球季和Djo的对决，那Djo在4-4的
反手致胜球定义了他自己的球季
When the world No. 1 took the balls to serve, the O2 crowd was again on
its feet for Federer. In the previous game, the Swiss had saved three break
points by making five straight first serves. For the first time, Djokovic
had begun to bark at his camp in agitation. Was Djokovic going to trip at
the finish line, as he had against Federer in the second set at Indian Wells
this year? Not quite—this time, their 2015 history didn’t repeat itself.
当世界第一再次要发球时，O2的观众再次站在老费的身后。在上一局，瑞士人一连救了
三个破发点，连得了5分。第一次，囧口开始愤怒的大喊。难道Djo又要再次犯下跟今年
Indian wells一样的错误了吗？不，显然历史没有重演
Instead, Djokovic fired a backhand that caught the sideline for a winner.
The audience was silenced; Federer’s momentum was extinguished. Djokovic
held at love with another backhand winner, and broke for the title.
How many pro-Federer crowds had Djokovic silenced with similar shots
this year? How many times this season had he allowed an opponent to
gather some momentum, only to extinguish it again with a similar stroke
of brilliance?
相反地，乔科维奇用反手打出了一个压边线致胜球。观众再次噤声，而费的气势也没了。
Djo用另外一个反手赏给费爸一个爱（蛋）保发，接下来就破了他而得冠。到底多少
支持费德勒的观众今年被Djo用同样的招式给打哑了？到底今年有多少次他给他的对手
一点点的气势，然后再用相同的方式把它给催毁（俗称，Djoko剧场）
“I was more solid from the back of the court,” Djokovic said, when asked to
compare this match with his first one against Federer last week. “I served
well when I needed to. I got myself out of trouble. I returned more balls
back than I did five days ago. I think that helped me to get into the rally.
I always try to make him play one extra shot.”
被问到跟前一场跟费爸的比赛有什么不同，囧爸说：我在后场更稳固了。当我需要的
时候我发球发的很好。我总是让自己免于麻烦。我回更多的球。我想这些都帮助我进入
和费对抽，我总是试着让他多打一球。
That may sound like a humble self-assessment from a world No. 1, but doing
those humble things is how you get to No. 1 in the first place, and Djokovic
has built a towering season on their foundation in 2015. He finishes with
11 titles, including three majors and a record six Masters; an 82-6 record;
and a record 15 straight finals, in 16 events. He also closed the year by
vanquishing his two old rivals, Rafael Nadal and Federer, in London.
This weekend marked the first time those two legends had been
straight-setted in back-to-back matches.
这听起来像是世界第一谦卑的自评，但就是这样的谦卑让你成为世界第一。他拿到了
11冠，三个大满贯以及六个大师赛，以及82胜6败的成绩。在16场比赛中，他连续进了
15场决赛。他以打败他两个老对手纳豆和费爸来结束他的球季。这是第一次这两个传奇
被一场接着一场的干净解决。
Most impressive of all may have been Djokovic’s 31-5 record against the
Top 10. It reminded me of the way Djokovic went about his business this
season. You could see it on Sunday in the way he bent low, over and over,
to dig out Federer’s slice with his two-handed backhand and power it
back crosscourt. Djokovic didn’t always make it look easy in 2015, but
he always got down and did the heavy lifting.
更令人印象深刻的是Djo 对上世界前10 有31胜5败的成绩。这提醒了我在这个球季
Djo如何完成他的工作。你可以看到星期天，他不断地弯腰去用他的双反捞起费的切球。
Djo 2015的球季看起来并不轻松，但他总是能够蹲下并且重重的举起。