Roger Federer begins US Open mind games with Novak Djokovic
美网前夕费德勒率先对乔科维奇展开心理战。
Roger Federer warned Novak Djokovic he could get ‘caught up in the pressure’
at the US Open after ending his two-year wait for a Grand Slam title at
Wimbledon.
费德勒对乔科维奇提出警告，指乔帅在终结二年的大满贯冠军荒之后，本届美网恐将身陷
庞大压力之中。
The Serb ended Federer and Rafael Nadal’s streak of winning six majors on
the spin, following a turbulent period where he was plagued by an elbow
injury and a dramatic loss in form.
乔帅克服手肘伤势和低潮，中止费纳连续包办近六个大满贯的情况。
Djokovic’s 13th Slam title has set up an intriguing US Open at the end of
August – one Federer believes will be ‘epic’.
乔帅回归后，费德勒相信今年美网将会是经典战役。
But he began the mind games with one of his great rivals by suggesting there
may now be even more pressure on him to deliver after clinching a fourth
title at the All England Club.
但费德勒同时也对这位长期交战的对手展开心战攻势，指乔帅在赢下第四座温布顿后，
恐挟著更多压力进军美网。
Ahead of his first match in Cincinnati, Federer said: ‘Novak can play with
less pressure again I guess, to some extent, but you can always get caught up
in the pressure, the media saying “well clearly now you’re going to win the
US Open”, and you’re like “Well, I guess so, yes”.
‘And then rather than you being able to say “Well, we’ll see what happens”
, perspective changes from your side but also from the media.
在辛辛那提赛前，费德勒称：在某种程度上，诺瓦克能够放松些打，但是会一直身陷在巨
大压力之中，特别是当媒体对你说“你将赢得美网冠军”的时候，你可能就回答“我想
也是”，而不是“看看到时候的发展。”，进而自己的心态将会有所改变。
‘But definitely exciting times, a lot of the best players are back in the
game and I think the US Open is going to be epic.’
费德勒：很多优秀的好手都将齐聚美网，本届赛事将会非常经典。
Federer admitted he was ‘happy’ to see Djokovic come through the other side
after a difficult spell and claimed any return to glory after a long layoff
was ‘more beautiful’.
费德勒表示他对于乔帅克服困难重返荣耀感到开心。
‘Novak winning Wimbledon obviously that was massive, I don’t think he
expected it,’ he added.
他再补充：很明显地，诺瓦克在温布顿取得巨大的胜利，我不认为他曾想过自己会赢。
‘I remember the press conference he gave after [losing to Marco Cecchinato
in] Paris when he was like “I don’t know yet I was frustrated, I just want
to get out of here”.
我记得他在法网输球后的记者会上，他看起来十分挫败，他像是只想逃离那里。
‘And people were asking him “What, you’re not going to play the grass?”
And then he should have won Queens and goes on to win Wimbledon, so things
can turn very quickly, regardless if you’re positive or not, sometimes when
you just put yourself out there and then you get excited in a quarters or
semis of a Slam you can start playing your best tennis.
人们还质疑他“什么，你跳过草地赛季不打？”，然而最终他赢下温布顿，所以事情可以
变化得非常快，取决态度是否正向。
‘I thought it was great for the sport, I’m happy for him because I know it
probably it hasn’t been easy the last couple of years for him but then again
I don’t think anybody should be feeling sorry for him, like people feeling
sorry for me or Rafa, we’ve had so much success that it’s just more
beautiful when you do come back after a tough time.’
我为他感到开心，我知道这几年对他来说并不容易，但我认为任何人都不须替他感到可惜
，对我或拉法也是，我们已经赢下那么多的胜利，我们东山再起的故事会更添辉煌。
Djokovic got off to a winning start in Cincinnati, beating Steve Johnson 6-4
7-6 (7-4) to set up a second-round tie with Adrian Mannarino.
Federer, meanwhile, will begin against Germany’s Peter Gojowczyk having
enjoyed a first-round bye.
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