2006對Andy球迷而言真是五味雜陳的一年，從年初滿懷希望，到澳網敗給Baghdatis的難以置信，接著北美賽事一連串的失望，紅土賽季的麻痺，草地賽季的熱血重燃，溫網第三輪出局的震驚，夏季硬地賽季的嘆息，突然他又給了Cincinnati奪冠的驚喜，而後美網打進決賽的感動，Davis Cup15-17的震撼與惋惜，室內賽季的無奈，最後上海大師盃對Federer那場的驚奇，但錯過兩個賽末點的遺憾，還有輸給Nalbandian無緣四強的懊惱，短短的一年，能帶給球迷著麼多的情緒起伏，我想也只有Andy了吧！

Cincinnati時Andy說：I definitely was questioning myself a little bit.

上海大師盃時Andy說：I think it’s night and day. You know, there was literally a practice after Wimbledon where I sat down and I couldn’t have hit the ball into an ocean from the beach much less, you know, a tennis court from the other side. I literally sat down and said, Okay, either you really get after it here or, you know, you just need to take a couple months off or something.

其實褪去明星球員的光芒，他真的只是個很普通的大男孩，會退縮、徬徨、喪失自信，我很欣慰他選擇了繼續留在場上奮戰，更高興自己選擇了繼續支持他、相信他。

我不知道明年Andy會不會拿下第二座大滿貫冠軍，也不知道他有沒有機會重返Top1，我只知道他可以帶給球迷的遠大於那些輝煌的數字記錄，尤其是那個持續不斷進步，讓球迷感動到想哭的Andy…





PS1：Agassi的退休大概是2006年網壇最讓人不捨的事，雖然網壇Agassi謝幕了，然而Agassi傳奇還是繼續書寫著，商界大亨的Agassi、熱心公益的Agassi、家庭美滿的Agassi、球迷最愛的Agassi…


PS2：Bryan Twins今年完成生涯大滿貫，並且繼1983J. McEnroe後第一個全年排明第一的男雙選手，雖然大師盃連四強都沒進，但是整體而言還是成績優異的一年。自2004年Davis Cup第一次看這對兄弟打球到現在，他們從單純的一堵高牆，進步到今時愈來愈有變化的網前截擊，希望明年可以看到他們在接發球有明顯的成長，加油！


PS3：James今年拿下五座單打冠軍，首次參加大師盃就打進決賽，是成績最好的一年，走過人生低潮的他，更重視的是努力的過程，從一段訪問中可以看出，他很瞭解自己想要的是什麼，祝福他明年有更好的成績。
Q. James, if you have a chance to finish as the No. 1 American at the end of the year, if you won the trophy, you would go over Nikolay Davydenko as the top three? Have you noticed that?
JAMES BLAKE: No, I didn’t notice that. That’s not something I really think about right now. I just got to try to win matches, try to put this match out of my mind, and try to worry about beating David Nalbandian.
I didn’t really look at the rankings. I’m pretty proud of the way I’ve done, I’ve improved this year, whatever I was ranked at the beginning of the year, 20 something, to get up to already number 8 in the world. I’m not ever going to say I’m content with where I am, but I’m proud of the effort I made to get here. Now it’s icing on the cake. Hopefully I can keep moving forward and maybe beat David tomorrow and then see what happens in the finals.
But right now I’m just worried about David. The rankings, they’ll take care of themselves if I’m playing my kind of tennis.


PS4：Mardy、Robby今年表現都不好，明年要加把勁啊！還有Taylor，卡緊回來喔！