诺瓦克·德约科维奇:我知道一无所有的感觉是什么

诺瓦克·德约科维奇:我知道一无所有的感觉是什么

Novak Djokovic was just 11 years old and asleep in his bed in Belgrade when a loud explosion, followed by the sound of shattering glass and air raid sirens woke him up.

诺瓦克·德约科维奇在贝尔格莱德的床上睡觉时，当时只有11岁，突然听到一声巨响，接着是破碎的玻璃声和空袭警报声，他被惊醒了。

While his father, Srdjan, helped his mother, Dijana, who temporarily lost consciousness after hitting her head against the radiator following the first explosion, Djokovic searched for his brothers, eight-year-old Marko and four-year-old Djordje, in their pitch dark apartment.

德约科维奇的父亲斯德扬在帮助第一次爆炸后，头撞到暖器，暂时失去知觉的母亲的同时，德约科维奇在他们漆黑的公寓里寻找他的兄弟，8岁的马尔科和4岁的德乔德。

"At 11, I was the big brother," wrote in "Serve to win," his 2013 autobiography. "I'd been holding myself responsible for their safety ever since NATO forces started bombing my hometown of Belgrade."

“11岁时，我是老大哥，”在他2013年出版的自传“Serve to win”中写道。他说:“自从北约部队开始轰炸我的家乡贝尔格莱德以来，我一直认为我应该对他们的安全负责。

Remarkable journey

非凡的征途

Two decades on, the now 32-year-old Djokovic is the favorite to win the US Open, which starts August 26 in New York. He has clinched four of the last five slams. He now holds 16 majors, just two shy of Rafael Nadal of Spain, and four behind men's Grand Slam record holder Roger Federer of Switzerland.

20年过去了，现年32岁的德约科维奇是最有希望赢得8月26日在纽约开幕的美国网球公开赛的选手。在过去的五次大满贯中，他包揽了四次。他目前拥有16个大满贯，仅比西班牙选手拉斐尔·纳达尔少2个，比瑞士男子大满贯纪录保持者罗杰·费德勒少4个。

His journey from war-torn Belgrade to the top of the men's game has been nothing short of remarkable.

从饱受战争摧残的贝尔格莱德到男子比赛的巅峰，他的征途可谓是非凡的。

In the introduction to his autobiography, Djokovic explained how the odds were heavily stacked against him.

在他的自传的前言中，德约科维奇解释了命运是如何对他不利的。

"A boy like me, growing up in Serbia, becoming a tennis champion? It was unlikely in even the best of circumstances. And it became ever more unlikely when the bombs started dropping," he wrote.

“像我这样的男孩，在塞尔维亚长大，成为网球冠军?”即使在最好的情况下也不太可能。当炸弹开始落下时，这种可能性变得越来越小，”他写道。

Magic childhood

神奇的童年

His father Srdjan was a former pro skier and Djokovic first started playing tennis at the age of four. No one in his family had played the sport before.

他的父亲斯德扬曾是一名职业滑雪运动员，德约科维奇四岁时开始打网球。他家里以前没有人玩过这项运动。

Djokovic, who spent large parts of his youth in the small Serbian mountain resort of Kopaonik, where his parents ran a pizza parlor, told CNN television in 2014: "It was kind of like a destiny. I saw the tennis court and I saw tennis on TV when I was four. My father bought me a small tennis racket and that's when I think we all fell in love with the sport."

德约科维奇的大部分青春时光都是在塞尔维亚山区度假胜地科帕尼奥克度过的，他的父母在那里经营着一家披萨店。2014年，德约科维奇告诉CNN电视台：“这有点像命中注定。我四岁时在电视上看到了网球和网球场。我父亲给我买了一个小网球拍，我想就在那时我们都爱上了这项运动。”

Different perspective

不同的人生观

Although the bombing raids could easily have ended his tennis career, it put life in a completely different perspective, Djokovic told CNN television in 2015.

2015年，德约科维奇在接受美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)采访时表示，尽管炸弹袭击很容易就会结束他的网球生涯，但这让他有了完全不同的人生观。

"It gave me much more appreciation for all the values that I have in my life," he said. "From tennis to whatever. I know what it feels like being without anything more or less, and then being on top of the world in this popular sport in the world. This contrast gives me the right perspective in life."

他说:“这让我对自己生命中所拥有的所有价值有了更多的认识。”“从网球到其他任何事情。我知道一无所有的感觉，在这个流行的运动中站在世界的顶端，这种对比给了我正确的人生观。