威爸這篇訪問真的很不錯.
我已經把重點部份上了顏色
如果懶得看完的人可以直接看有上色的部分
這篇點出了一些問題
By Doug Smith, Special for USA TODAY
Not too long ago, Venus and Serena Williams rocked the sports world with a
1-2 punch that turned their power-packed Sisters Act into one of tennis' most
intriguing rivalries. Though neither has won a major event since Serena
captured the 2003 Wimbledon crown, defeating Venus in the final, both say the
Australian Open, which began this week, would be the proper place to begin a
Sisters Act sequel.
After enduring their parents' divorce and the murder of their sister, Venus,
left, and Serena Williams plan to return to the top of the tennis world in
2005.
By Shuji Kajiyama, AP
"I really think it's something that's going to happen," Serena said in a
telephone interview. "We're both healthy, and we're right on target."
Serena rolled to a 6-1, 6-1 victory against Camille Pin in her opening match
(Sunday night ET). Williams produced 27 winners. Pin managed only two clean
winners and didn't once hold serve. The only difficulty Williams encountered
in the match was when her right shoe flew off in the second game. She put the
shoe back on, laced it up and won the point when it was replayed.
French Open champion Anastasia Myskina, the first of three consecutive Russian
major winners last season, says Serena and Venus Williams no longer have the
fear factor in their favor. But Serena's not convinced. "I don't think
there's a player out there who would see their name against mine
(in the draw) and go, 'Oh, my God, yes!' " Williams said.
Said Venus, who played Eleni Daniilidou (Monday night ET): "Last year was
definitely a strange year for us, but we learned a lot about ourselves, our
personalities and about making good decisions and bad decisions in terms of
our health. I'm feeling fit now. Just going to concentrate this year on
tennis, nothing else."
Some say the sisters' decline — Serena is No. 7 in the world and Venus is
No. 8 — should have been predictable after a couple of family crises: In
2002 their parents, Richard and Oracene, were divorced and in September 2003
their older sister, Yetunde, was shot to death while sitting in a car near
Compton, Calif.
Richard Williams, the sisters' father, doesn't believe the dissolution of his
marriage seriously affected his daughters' tennis careers.
"I talked to three psychiatrists and some psychologists about the matter," he
said. "I gave Oracene more of a role, got her to travel with them so it
wouldn't affect them. I don't think Oracene or myself had anything to do with
it. I still believe that they're the best tennis players in the world, but I
don't believe they're committed to practicing three to four days a week.
I'd like to go to Wimbledon this year, but that's too far to go without them
making a commitment to win.
"If they took tennis more seriously, I know they could be No. 1 and 2 again."
Injuries kept the sisters sidelined the last four months of 2003. Venus
(abdomen) returned in the 2004 Australian Open; Serena (knee) used her
nine-month hiatus to focus on an acting career.
Though Serena likes the limelight, she wasn't thrilled with seeing her name
on Blackwell's worst-dressed celebrity list.
"His list doesn't make sense," Serena says. "He has me, Lindsay Lohan,
Jessica Simpson, who I think dresses good all the time. I think he was just
picking on the young pop icons, like myself."
When Venus isn't smacking tennis balls on a court, she pays closer attention
to V Starr Interiors, the interior design and decorating company that she owns.
She says she relaxes by reading or playing an assortment of musical
instruments. "I play guitar, bass, piano because I want to play keyboard,"
she says.
However, both plan to rise in the rankings this year and resettle among the
game's most feared power hitters.
The sisters were the tour's most dominant players for more than a year before
injuries and other interests dulled their skills. Their inability to play
inspired tennis when facing each other stirred controversy, however.
In an event in Indian Wells, Calif., several years ago, fans booed Serena
throughout her final victory against Kim Clijsters because they believed
Venus had faked an injury in the semifinals to avoid playing Serena.
Neither sister has returned to that event. Richard Williams says that incident
and others might have more to do with his daughters' decline than they realize.
"I could be wrong, but I think the press has a lot to do with Venus and Serena
not being interested in being No. 1 ever again," he says. "When they were
No. l and trained every day, people in the press would say, 'They're too good
for tennis, people are losing interest in tennis or they must be on steroids.'
Everyone was complaining. Tennis didn't appreciate them, and I think the world
turned against them. They had to listen to negative comments from commentators
all the time.
"It was devastating. If I was them, I'd do the same thing, just show up to
play and not practice. I'm not saying they didn't practice. I'm just saying
that's what I would have done."
--
自己有期待~~有時候說不出來......
未完成的我..一出現就要有表現~~
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 61.63.100.229