原帖由 雪耳糖水 于 2008-7-7 16:55 发表
江山代有才人出，各领风骚仅数年.....
职业网球手的运动生命甚至比足球更短，三十出头基本上就打不动了，所以觉得一段时期为这两人垄断应该不会对这项运动造成很大的损失。觉得这样局面的形成并不能说别的选手太差， ...

原帖由 疾风游侠 于 2008-7-7 18:37 发表
This was how an immortal contest should end.

Two tennis hardheads slumped in their chairs, faces vacant of expression, because there was nothing left to give. After five sets, nearly five hours of play. After more peaks and valleys than the continent of Asia. After rain delays, because even Mother Nature apparently needed a break when Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal met.

This was how a classic match should be.

One special moment after another after another, from midday to an English summer dusk.

One of the men finally won, because one of them finally had to.

But how could they squeeze all that drama into such a small grassy space?

With grace and honor and the knowledge no effort had been left undone in the defense of what had been his. "I tried everything," Federer told the crowd at the All England Club when it was finally over Sunday, holding up the award for second place, probably feeling like a lion holding up a stalk of celery.

This is how a prodigy should herald a changing of the guard.

Face down on the court, awed by the wonder of what he had just done. Nadal talked of a fulfilled dream, and has any athlete, anywhere, worked harder at the moment of truth to earn the right?

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Know when a sport event is truly remarkable? When you can't decide who to applaud for the most — the winner or the loser.