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多くの人は、シャラポワの勝利を信じていたかもしれません。
しかし、クヴィトヴァのことをしる身近な人(彼女のコーチ)は違ったようです。
One ある人
reasonably 合理的に
betrayed 弱点をうっかり表す
by nerves in the Wimbledon final ウィンブルドン決勝戦の緊張(神経の高ぶり過ぎ)によって
One might reasonably have expected Petra Kvitova, not Sharapova, (シャラポバでなくクヴィトヴァが)
to be betrayed by nerves in the Wimbledon final.
In a surprisingly lopsided final 驚くほどに一方的に偏った決勝戦のなかで(シャラポワ優勢)
beat-beat-beaten(米beat) 倒す
higher-seeded 高いシード(実力があると認められていることを表す)
yet shakier しかしながらクヴィトヴァより波のある(よりゆれるshakeの比較級)
In a surprisingly lopsided final,
Kvitova beat the higher-seeded, yet shakier, Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 Saturday
to win Wimbledon for her first Grand Slam trophy.
focus 集中する
”I was surprised how I was feeling on the court," Kvitova said,
"because I was focused only on the point and on the game and not on the final."
those who~ ~である人々
wonder どうだろうかと思う(いぶかしむ)
the setting その状況(セットされた状況)
her coach did not クヴィトヴァのコーチはクヴィトヴァの実力を疑わなかった
If there were those who wondered how the eighth-seeded Kvitova would handle the setting
and the pressure, her coach did not.
Indeed 実際は
inkling 漠然とした感
pupil 弟子、生徒
possess もつ、所持する
right stuff まさに必要となるもの
he was wowed 彼はワオーというほどおどろいた
handwritten 手書きの
supply 提供する
questionnaire 質問事項、調査票、アンケート
has kept to this day この日までとっておいた
keep-kept-kept
Indeed, David Kotyza had an inkling
his new pupil possessed the right stuff to win titles
shortly after they began working together about 2 and a half years ago.
That's because he was wowed by the several pages of handwritten answers Kvitova supplied
for a questionnaire he gave back then and has kept to this day.
clever 頭の切れる
advantage and disadvantage 長所と短所
temple あたまのコメカミ
"I was really surprised about how she thinks about tennis, how clever she is.
She told me her advantages, disadvantages, what she has to improve," Kotyza said,
then pointed a finger to his temple and added:
"Her brain is a big advantage for this game."
素直に新しいスターの誕生を喜びたいと思います。
個人的にはアザレンカのテニスが好きですが、
サーヴはシャラポワのようにゲームをぶちこわしてしまうことも多々あります。
よって今特訓中です。