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Nadal will be officially named the number one tennis player in the world on August 18
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Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal said Tuesday that he chose to stay in the Olympic Village in Beijing rather than in a luxury hotel in order to "live the atmosphere" of the Olympic Games.
"I have come to the Olympic Village because I want to live the atmosphere of the Olympic Games and share the experience with all of the other Spanish sports people. It is something very special and I was really looking forward to being here," Nadal said.
Nadal will be officially named the number one tennis player in the world on August 18, ending Swiss Roger Federer's four-year stay at the top of the world rankings.
The pair are favorites to go head to head for the Olympic gold medal later this month and Nadal has more chances to win.
The player, who surprisingly lost in the recent Cincinnati Masters, is cool-headed ahead of the Games.
"This is a sport of defeats and defeat can come along at any moment, because everyone wants to win and there is a great deal of competition," he added.
Nevertheless, the young Spaniard has no thought of another defeat on his mind at the moment.
"I am here with the aim of doing as well as possible. But you have to take things calmly. I am not thinking about defeat, but about what lies ahead of me now, which is the Olympic Games," said Nadal.
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(Agencies)
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西班牙網(wǎng)球名將拉菲爾?納達(dá)爾本周二表示，他不去豪華酒店而選擇住在奧運(yùn)村是為了“深入體會(huì)”奧運(yùn)會(huì)的氣氛。
納達(dá)爾說(shuō)：“我來(lái)到奧運(yùn)村是因?yàn)槲蚁敫惺軍W運(yùn)會(huì)的氣氛，想和其他西班牙運(yùn)動(dòng)員一起經(jīng)歷奧運(yùn)會(huì)。這是很特別的體驗(yàn)，我一直很期待來(lái)這里。”
8月18日，納達(dá)爾將正式成為世界排名第一的網(wǎng)球選手，終結(jié)了羅杰?費(fèi)德勒保持長(zhǎng)達(dá)四年的世界第一歷史。
他們二人將會(huì)在這個(gè)月成為爭(zhēng)奪奧運(yùn)金牌的熱門人物，而納達(dá)爾獲勝的幾率更大一些。
納達(dá)爾在意外輸?shù)糇罱男列聊翘岽髱熧惡竺鎸?duì)比賽更顯冷靜。
他說(shuō)：“每個(gè)人都想贏，而且競(jìng)爭(zhēng)很激烈，所以這是一項(xiàng)不勝則敗的運(yùn)動(dòng)，失敗會(huì)隨時(shí)到來(lái)。”
不過(guò)，這位年輕的西班牙運(yùn)動(dòng)員目前考慮的并不是再次失敗。
他說(shuō)：“我來(lái)這兒的目的是盡可能做到最好。不過(guò)，我們必須冷靜面對(duì)一切。我現(xiàn)在想的不是失敗，而是近在咫尺的奧運(yùn)會(huì)。”
（實(shí)習(xí)生屈上 英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津Helen編輯） |
