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内容简介：费德勒和纳达尔在法网再次相遇，必定又是一场精彩对决！这篇报道里对于两人实力的分析、比赛预测，专业详实。
比赛已经结束：纳达尔以6比3、6比4和6比2击败费德勒。
最新消息：纳达尔已经拿下法网奖杯。
Roger Federer And Rafael Nadal Set To Reignite Their Rivalry At French Open Semifinal
June 6, 2019
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: On Friday, two of tennis' all-time greats will reignite their rivalry at the French Open semifinal; 37-year-old Roger Federer will take on 33-year-old Rafael Nadal for the 39th in their careers - keep all those 30s straight. Nadal is the current French Open champion. He has won a record 11 titles there. Federer, meanwhile, edges him out in Grand Slam titles overall, which means, whether you are team Nadal or team Federer, Friday's match is not one you are going to want to miss. To help us prep, we have called Jon Wertheim from Sports Illustrated. He is in Paris. Hello again, Jon.
JON WERTHEIM: Nice to talk again.
KELLY: Nice to speak to you. OK, so Friday - it's big. How big? How excited should we be here?
WERTHEIM: We should be teeming with excitement.
KELLY: (Laughter).
WERTHEIM: This is Nadal-Federer 39. A lot of us who cover this sport weren't sure we would get this match, much less at a major event. And you mentioned team Nadal and team Federer, but really, this is a rare rivalry where it's completely reasonable to root for both of them. So this is sort of a triumph for tennis, as well as another installment in this great rivalry.
KELLY: Oh, really? So you're making the argument - the fact that this match is happening at all is cause for jubilation?
WERTHEIM: Roger Federer is going to be 38 years old in a few months. Nadal just turned 33 the other day. And I think 10 years ago, if you had said, look - in 2019, these guys are still going to be meeting in the latter rounds of majors, people would have, you know, chased you around with butterfly nets. So it's really that the longevity is part of what's extraordinary, the fact that here they are, still at the top of their sport. And this rivalry still continues to undulate to sway. I mean, Nadal leads the head-to-heads 23 to 15, but he hasn't beaten Federer in more than half a decade. Federer has actually won the last four or five matchups they've played.
KELLY: Federer's won the last four or five matches they've played, but has Federer ever won against Nadal in Paris, at the French Open?
WERTHEIM: He has not, and that's sort of - that's Nadal's great ace in the hole. This is his personal sandbox. Nadal has won 17 majors, and 11 of them have come here. He is - so Federer has never made inroads against Nadal at the French Open, and this is sort of seen as Nadal's great stand here against Federer. I mean, again...
KELLY: I mean - and explain why that is. What is it about Nadal's style of play that makes him so good on clay, which is what they play in Paris?
WERTHEIM: His game is just absolutely tailored to the surface - the fact that he's left-handed; it's the surface he grew up playing on. I think a lot of it is sort of spiritual. It's almost psychological as well. Nadal is this workmanlike player, and clay really rewards effort in a way that no other surface does. It's really perfect for Nadal's sort of offense, defense. It also has the effect of sort of blunting some of Federer's grace and artistry.
KELLY: Huh. It sounds as though you are maybe aligning yourself with the way the betting money is going, that you think Nadal is going to be just hard to beat here?
WERTHEIM: I think Nadal is going to be hard to beat. I mean, the great subtext of this match, too, is that Novak Djokovic, who's the No. 1 player and has won three majors in a row, isn't even really being spoken about. And this story has kind of overwhelmed the narrative here. You wonder if, while all the attention is on Federer and Nadal and their 39th encounter, if Novak Djokovic sneaks by and plays one of them on tired legs and takes the title; that wouldn't surprise me at all.
KELLY: Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated. Thanks for joining us from Paris.
WERTHEIM: Anytime. Thank you.
知识点笔记
1.rivalry: competition
e.g.1.He had a lot of rivalry with his brothers and sisters.
2...a city torn by deep ethnic rivalries.
3.The two players have developed a friendly rivalry.
matchup：对决
e.g.In the other matchup, the Syracuse Orange will face the Michigan Wolverines.
team Nadal or team Federer 两位选手的啦啦队；球迷
2.edge out: to defeat someone by a small amount险胜
e.g.Italy edged out France by two points.
3.Grand Slam: the winning of all of a set of important sports competitions in the same year 大满贯
e.g. Osaka added, " I always dreamed that I would play Serena in the final of a Grand Slam."
4.teem with:充满
e.g.For most of the year, the area is teeming with tourists.
5.root for:
还记得烤蛋糕赚钱带全家去迪士尼的少年那一期吗？(190609)最后一句：We are rooting for you, Isaiah.
6.installment: （故事的）一部分；一期
e.g.1.Did you hear the final installment last week?
2.the first instalment of a science fiction trilogy
7.jubilation：（成功带来的）欢呼雀跃
e.g.There was jubilation that a local team had come first.
8.两位选手数十年依然保持高水平的竞技状态，因此让这场对决更加激动人心：
"And I think 10 years ago, if you had said, look - in 2019, these guys are still going to be meeting in the latter rounds of majors, people would have, you know, chased you around with butterfly nets. So it's really that the longevity is part of what's extraordinary, the fact that here they are, still at the top of their sport. And this rivalry still continues to undulate to sway."
undulate：起伏；摇摆
e.g.1.As we travel south, the countryside begins to undulate as the rolling hills sweep down to the riverbanks...
2.His body slowly undulated in time to the music
9.an ace in the hole is any argument, plan or thing kept hidden until needed. It is used especially when it can turn failure into success. ace：扑克牌的A，指王牌。把王牌藏起来，最后使用，往往能一招制胜。
10.make inroads: 取得进展；进入；袭击
e.g.1.No one in the bureau had made inroads into publishing and consulting like you had.
2.Volkswagen had only recently surpassed Toyota to become the number one carmaker, but it was struggling to make inroads in the U.S. car market.
11.对于纳达尔在红土(clay)赛场的出色表现的分析：
His game is just absolutely tailored to the surface - the fact that he's left-handed; it's the surface he grew up playing on. I think a lot of it is sort of spiritual. It's almost psychological as well. Nadal is this workmanlike player, and clay really rewards effort in a way that no other surface does. It's really perfect for Nadal's sort of offense, defense. It also has the effect of sort of blunting some of Federer's grace and artistry.
- workmanlike: done in a way which shows skill and hard work, but may not be exciting.
e.g.1.The team put up a good workmanlike performance to win 1–0.
2.Really it's a workmanlike conference rather than a dramatic one... - offense/defense: 进攻/防守
- blunt: 钝的，引申为减弱
e.g.1.Our appetite was blunted by the beer.
2.The bad weather blunted their enthusiasm for camping. - artistry:refer to a high level of skill in a sport or activity 高水平技巧；技艺
e.g.1.John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors with the most complete display of artistry the game had ever seen...
2.Tea processing requires both technique and artistry.
12.It sounds as though you are maybe aligning yourself with the way the betting money is going,...
align with：结盟；一致
e.g.1.But my interests happen to be aligned with yours right now, so please sit down.
2.Some people in the west think it should be more aligned with the European Union.
13.hard to beat：很难战胜,很难打败
beat: defeat
e.g.1.In yesterday's games, Switzerland beat the United States two-one...
2.She was easily beaten into third place.
14.subtext：潜台词
e.g.1.Don't tell me after 18 years, you can't Read Waldorf subtext.
2.Yes, well, perhaps you have not quite grasped the subtext of our earlier exchange.
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