2009年04月02日
Andy Roddick（マイアミ・オープン'09）
４月１日。マイアミ（米国フロリダ州）。Andy RoddickがRoger Federerに３６、６４、４６でベスト８。
言い訳：
●"It's easier if I would have just played terrible the whole time it would have been probably tougher. I at least gave it a go there in the third, and didn't really catch a break there."
●"He had a couple good let cords when it was a breakpoint against him, and one to set up the match. He hit forehand on the outside of the line down breakpoint, too. But at least it became a battle."
●"I'm not capable of being objective right now."
▼いつもならたくさん喋るはずのロディックが、言葉少なめ▼一番下のランクのスポンサー16社の中にテニスコート等のスポーツ用合成表面素材の大手メーカーを傘下にもつメーカーを発見。日本ならさしずめ東レ、住友ゴムそして三菱化成といったところなんでしょうが、東レさんはともかくあとの２社はテニス大会のスポンサーとかされているんでしょうか、、それとも人工芝批判とかでイマイチなのか。
言い訳：
●"It's easier if I would have just played terrible the whole time it would have been probably tougher. I at least gave it a go there in the third, and didn't really catch a break there."
●"He had a couple good let cords when it was a breakpoint against him, and one to set up the match. He hit forehand on the outside of the line down breakpoint, too. But at least it became a battle."
●"I'm not capable of being objective right now."
▼いつもならたくさん喋るはずのロディックが、言葉少なめ▼一番下のランクのスポンサー16社の中にテニスコート等のスポーツ用合成表面素材の大手メーカーを傘下にもつメーカーを発見。日本ならさしずめ東レ、住友ゴムそして三菱化成といったところなんでしょうが、東レさんはともかくあとの２社はテニス大会のスポンサーとかされているんでしょうか、、それとも人工芝批判とかでイマイチなのか。
2009年04月02日
Taylor Dent（マイアミ・オープン'09）
3月31日。マイアミ（米国フロリダ州）。Taylor DentがRoger Federerに3-6、2-6。
言い訳：
●"In the beginning of the match I felt good. Just a little nervous. And then it was going to be a learning experience for me one way or another, whether I won or lost that match."
●"The next level for me is going to be foot speed and fitness. I felt like that was the only thing really hurting me out there."
●"I feel like my game is there. As soon a my foot speed and fitness catch up to everything else, then I'm going to be tough to beat."
●"On the deuce side, if he doesn't make a first serve, I feel like I'm going to win that point a lot of times. I'm going chip and charge. He didn't seem to like it out there, so I like my chances."
●"On the ad side, I wasn't really catching that slice very well crosscourt very well to chip and charge. So I got stuck staying back, exposed my foot speed. It's tough for me to win those points if I'm not really knifing that second serve return at the moment."
●"I felt like maybe I showed a little bit of vulnerability in Roger out there. He didn't really seem to like me doing chipping and charging those second serves very much."
▼ネットプレー主体で見せてくれるプレーヤーが少ない中、デントの復帰が上々の様子▼フットワークとスピードの改良が今後の課題▼セカンドサーブのリターンについて説明してくれてます▼大会スポンサーの上から三番目「ホストスポンサー」18社の筆頭はスペインのアンダルシア州の観光局。フロリダ州で引退生活を楽しんでいるアクティブな老人をターゲットにしているのか、他にもアメリカではビジネスしていそうもないアルゼンチンの食品メーカー、酒、病院、高級時計、孤島型リゾート、テニス関連、銀行、航空、自動車、新聞、会計監査、オンライン系金融、クリスタル宝飾、オンライン靴販売とIMGのマーケティング・パワーといったところ。
言い訳：
●"In the beginning of the match I felt good. Just a little nervous. And then it was going to be a learning experience for me one way or another, whether I won or lost that match."
●"The next level for me is going to be foot speed and fitness. I felt like that was the only thing really hurting me out there."
●"I feel like my game is there. As soon a my foot speed and fitness catch up to everything else, then I'm going to be tough to beat."
●"On the deuce side, if he doesn't make a first serve, I feel like I'm going to win that point a lot of times. I'm going chip and charge. He didn't seem to like it out there, so I like my chances."
●"On the ad side, I wasn't really catching that slice very well crosscourt very well to chip and charge. So I got stuck staying back, exposed my foot speed. It's tough for me to win those points if I'm not really knifing that second serve return at the moment."
●"I felt like maybe I showed a little bit of vulnerability in Roger out there. He didn't really seem to like me doing chipping and charging those second serves very much."
▼ネットプレー主体で見せてくれるプレーヤーが少ない中、デントの復帰が上々の様子▼フットワークとスピードの改良が今後の課題▼セカンドサーブのリターンについて説明してくれてます▼大会スポンサーの上から三番目「ホストスポンサー」18社の筆頭はスペインのアンダルシア州の観光局。フロリダ州で引退生活を楽しんでいるアクティブな老人をターゲットにしているのか、他にもアメリカではビジネスしていそうもないアルゼンチンの食品メーカー、酒、病院、高級時計、孤島型リゾート、テニス関連、銀行、航空、自動車、新聞、会計監査、オンライン系金融、クリスタル宝飾、オンライン靴販売とIMGのマーケティング・パワーといったところ。