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VOA常速英语2007年-US Tennis Players End 12-Year Davis Cup Drought

时间:2007-12-15 03:13来源:互联网 提供网友:face0117   字体: [ ]
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By Steve Schy
Portland, Oregon
03 December 2007

The United States has ended its 12-year Davis Cup tennis title drought by defeating Russia 4-1 in the final in Portland, Oregon. But as VOA's Steve Schy reports, some fans wondered why talented American teams had failed to bring home the Cup since 1995.

With this week's win, the United States has now captured the Davis Cup title a record 32 times. But with teams comprised of some of the game's top players, Pete Sampras, Andrei Agassi, Jim Courier and Andy Roddick, there are those who believe the United States team was an underachiever.

But International Tennis Federation2 president Francesco Ricci Bitti says winning the Davis Cup consistently is more difficult than ever, because international competition has gotten a lot tougher.

"The United States won a lot of Davis Cups in general, so 32 this weekend is a big number," he said. "Tennis is more much competitive than it was. Many more countries have competitive players. You have to play outside, you have to play on different surfaces, so it is not so easy any more to win with continuity."

Since 1990, the United States has made it to the final seven times, winning the Cup over Australia in 1990, Switzerland in 1992, and Russia in 1995 and 2007. The losses came against France in 1991, Sweden in 1997 and Spain in 2004.

From 1990 to present, the U.S. Davis Cup team has had four different captains, with Tom Gorman leading the squad3 until 1993, Tom Gullickson from 1994 to 1999, John McEnroe for an ill-fated 14-month tenure4 from 1999 to 2000 and current captain, Patrick McEnroe, who took over in December of 2000, just three weeks after his older brother resigned.

Over the years, many of the top American players have sometimes played Davis Cup. But a variety of issues, from injuries to ego1 clashes and scheduling problems kept the United States from consistently fielding its best possible team.

Captain Patrick McEnroe says he chooses players for their desire to play for the team, and also gave credit to training partners, Mardy Fish, Robby Ginepri, John Izner and Donald Young.

"I always try to focus on the guys that are here and that really wanted to be here and that was this group of guys," McEnroe said. "Having Robby and Mardy here and having the young guys come along too. These guys have been 100 percent committed to each other and to the cause, no matter what."

The current members of the team have been together in various configurations5 for some time. Roddick in his seventh year and the Bryan brothers have been on the squad for five years. McEnroe says the stability has been helpful.

"I think the experience that these guys have over the years was really key, you know towards handling the away matches and also handling the emotion of the home matches really well," he said. "It's been a long road and I could not be happier for these guys because they have been through it all together and we have had a lot of ups and downs, but it feels awesome6."

With the 4-1 win the 12-year quest comes to an end, at least for now. But fans here in Portland are already asking, "Can they do it again next year?"


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1 ego 7jtzw     
n.自我,自己,自尊
参考例句:
  • He is absolute ego in all thing.在所有的事情上他都绝对自我。
  • She has been on an ego trip since she sang on television.她上电视台唱过歌之后就一直自吹自擂。
2 federation htCzMS     
n.同盟,联邦,联合,联盟,联合会
参考例句:
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
3 squad 4G1zq     
n.班,小队,小团体;vt.把…编成班或小组
参考例句:
  • The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
  • A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。
4 tenure Uqjy2     
n.终身职位;任期;(土地)保有权,保有期
参考例句:
  • He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
  • Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。
5 configurations 86f23519571eb918e8812e1979d55409     
n.[化学]结构( configuration的名词复数 );构造;(计算机的)配置;构形(原子在分子中的相对空间位置)
参考例句:
  • Such configurations, obtained theoretically by calculation, are called models of a star. 通过理论计算得到的恒星结构称为恒星模型。 来自辞典例句
  • The other two configurations have overriding advantages for special applications. 其它两种接法对特殊应用具有突出的优点。 来自辞典例句
6 awesome CyCzdV     
adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的
参考例句:
  • The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
  • That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
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