E.Sanchez語る

サンチェスによれば、ラファのクレイ以外のサーフェスでの成功の秘訣は：「より良い選手になりたい、ナンバーワンになりたいというstrong inner drive（強い内なる意欲）」

フェレールの場合もラファと同じ。ただ、フェレールは遅咲きで、ジュニア時代の彼を見たら、そのフィジカル面からして将来トップ５選手になるとは思えなかっただろうとのこと。ただ努力に努力を重ねた結果、現在の位置にいるんだそうだ。「working and working and working and working」というサンチェスのコトバから、どれだけフェレールががんばってきたか窺えます。

clipped from www.tennisweek.com The reason why you see Nadal succeed on other surfaces like winning Indian Wells and going to the Wimbledon final in my opinion is because Nadal really has this strong inner drive where he really wants to achieve, he wants to be a better tennis player and be number one. And you've seen how he has improved his serve, the work he has done on his volley and slice backhand since he first came on the tour. The same is true of David Ferrer. Before, when Ferrer was playing he was not as aggressive as the Ferrer you saw make it to the U.S. Open semifinals or the Shanghai final this year. in David's case maybe at a younger age he did not have as much physical talent when he was really young. If you saw him when he was a junior, you would not think "this kid can be a top five player in the world." But what David did was dedicate himself to working and working and working and working and he finally found his way to where he is today though it and he is an incredible player.