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Zheng Qinwen pulled off an epic upset, winning the last seven games to stun Madison Keys and keep her unlikely US Open challenge going on Saturday.
中国网球选手郑钦文上周六上演了一场史诗级逆转。在比赛最后连赢7局的情况下,她爆冷击败麦迪逊·凯斯(Madison Keys),继续书写自己在美网赛场上的黑马征程。
The Paris Olympics gold medalist from China triumphed 1-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, defying the vocal pro-Keys crowd and further demonstrating that she is headed back to her best after a lengthy recovery from elbow surgery last year.
这位巴黎奥运会女单金牌得主以1-6、7-6(7/3)、7-5 的比分战胜对手,顶住了现场支持凯斯的热烈观众声势,也进一步证明自己在经历去年肘部手术后的长期恢复后,正逐渐找回最佳状态。
It has all made for an emotional spell in New York for the 23-year-old, who felt she "forgot how to compete" during her enforced absence but can now feel her competitive fire burning.
对于这位23岁的中国球员来说,这段纽约之旅充满了情感波动。郑钦文此前曾表示,在被迫缺席比赛期间,她一度感觉自己“忘记了如何竞争”,但如今,她重新感受到内心的竞技激情正在燃烧。
"I have a lot of emotions when I'm playing the qualie matches," she said. "I was even crying after I won the third match reaching to the main draw, and you know, main draw is just the beginning.
“参加资格赛的时候,我有很多情绪。”郑钦文说道,“第三场资格赛获胜、晋级正赛后,我甚至哭了。你知道,进入正赛其实才只是开始。”
"For today, after coming back from 0-5, the first thing in that moment I thought, 'Please, I don't want to be beaten 6-0.'"
“今天的比赛,当我从0-5落后开始追赶时,那一刻我第一个想法是:‘拜托,我不想被打一个6-0。’”
She got her game on the board, and saved a match point at 5-1, and she was off and running.
她随后终于拿下一局,并在1-5落后时挽救了一个赛点,比赛的局势也由此开始发生变化。
"Then I felt I have a lot of energy. I can just keep pushing, keep fighting," she said.
“那之后,我感觉自己充满了能量。我可以继续向前冲,继续战斗。”她说。
"At the end when I won the match, it's like, 'Wow, that's incredible.'
“最后赢下比赛的时候,我真的觉得,‘哇,这太不可思议了。’”
"Finally, one time the luck is on my side because all these three, four months I been suffering a lot."
“终于有一次,幸运站在了我这一边,因为过去三四个月,我一直承受着很多痛苦。”
With few matches under her belt this year, Zheng said it took her some time to get to grips with Keys's big forehand.
由于今年参加的比赛场次有限,郑钦文表示,自己花了一些时间才逐渐适应凯斯强劲的正手进攻。
And when she held serve for 5-1 in the third she could immediately feel Keys's conviction wane.
而当凯斯在第三盘以5-1领先并成功保发时,郑钦文很快察觉到对手的信心开始动摇。
"I see there is some maybe doubt or, I don't know, not as clean (hitting) as before," Zheng said.
“我看到她可能出现了一些怀疑,或者说,她的击球不像之前那么干净利落。”郑钦文说。
"She started to make a lot of mistakes in that moment, and I start to feel like, 'OK, I need to be there. I need to keep fighting, don't give up, and let's see what's going to happen.'"
“那一刻她开始出现很多失误,而我开始觉得:‘好,我必须站在那里,我必须继续战斗,不能放弃,让我们看看最后会发生什么。’”
Keys said her struggles were something that has been building. After she earned her big lead in the third, she said, "I got really scared, like I couldn't swing ... I felt like I couldn't play tennis anymore."
凯斯表示,她的问题其实已经积累了一段时间。在第三盘取得巨大领先后,她说:“我真的开始害怕了,我好像无法挥拍……我感觉自己已经不会打网球了。”
For Zheng, it was a reminder never to let go of a match until the final point.
对于郑钦文而言,这场胜利再次提醒她,比赛不到最后一分,永远不能放弃。
"Tennis sometimes feels like rollercoaster," she said. "So this gives me also lesson that in a tennis match you always have to be there.
“网球有时候就像过山车一样。”她说,“所以这场比赛也给了我一个教训:在网球比赛中,你必须始终保持专注。”
"It doesn't matter if you are winning or losing. You have a match point or you don't have a match point, you just need to concentrate every single point as long as you can."
“不管你是在领先还是落后,不管你有没有赛点,你都必须尽可能专注于每一个球,坚持到最后。”
【词汇提炼】
storm home /stɔːrm həʊm/ v.强势获胜;一路冲刺取胜
champion /ˈtʃæmpiən/ n.冠军;优胜者
epic /ˈepɪk/ adj.史诗般的;惊人的;壮观的
upset /ˈʌpset/ n.爆冷;意外失利upset /ʌpˈset/ v.爆冷击败;使震惊
stun /stʌn/ v.使震惊;爆冷击败
emotional /ɪˈməʊʃənl/ adj.情绪激动的;充满情感的
get to grips with sth. /ɡet tuː ɡrɪps wɪð/ phr.开始掌握;逐渐适应
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