死過翻生盼締希臘神話 薛斯柏斯撼祖高域

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【Now Sports】不少神話的主角都是死過翻生,希臘型男薛斯柏斯小時候也曾走過鬼門關,如今在澳網男單決賽再戰祖高域,爭取創出希臘神話。2015年,年輕的薛斯柏斯(Stefanos Tsitsipas)與朋友到海灘玩,但不知道水深而遇溺,幸好爸爸兼教練及時立即跳入水,把他們推上岸,拯救了兩條人命。

薛斯柏斯說:「我們都不能呼吸,在水裡感覺很糟糕,很害怕。我不知道這一切將如何結束。我離死亡只有數個呼吸。我的父親是個英雄。那天之後,我從不同的角度看待生活,在心理上改變了我很多。」

因這次經歷,薛斯柏斯正能量滿滿。去年法網首次晉身大滿貫決賽,他在領先盤數2:0的大好形勢下被祖高域反勝,仍然表示:「我不覺得有遺憾。我可以很容易地哭,但看不出哭的原因,我已嘗試了一切,想不出更好的辦法了。」

如今,薛斯柏斯再有機會成為史上首位希臘球手,贏得大滿貫兼成為一哥,繼續保持積極,「我打得很好,很開心。我沒有看到任何負面或消極的一面。即使最終失敗,我對任何戰果都非常樂觀和正面。我做的已經綽綽有餘,比賽可能不會按照我希望的方式進行,但我將110%投入其中。」

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