[小威] 小威重奪年終第一寶座

[VWilliams (VStarr)]

自2002之後 小威第二度登上年終球后寶座

Serena Williams assured of world No 1 position as Dinara Safina pulls out

Even before Serena Williams played her group match against her sister, Venus,
at the Sony Ericsson Championships, it was guaranteed that the Californian
would finish the season as the world No 1.

在小威昨天上場打小組賽之前 就已經確定會以世界第一的身分結束本賽季

By then Dinara Safina had retired from her round-robin contest and also
withdrawn from the tournament because of a back injury. Safina's season ended
with the Russian seated on her chair at the Khalifa Tennis Complex, and
crying into a towel, as she had completed just two games, or 12 minutes,
against Jelena Jankovic.

Dinara Safina因背傷在他的第一場小組比賽中退賽 並且退出整個年終賽
Safina今年的賽季以在場邊的椅子上捂著毛巾痛哭作結
他對上Jankovic的比賽只打了兩局 12分鐘

For the first time since 2002, Williams, this season's Australian Open and
Wimbledon champion, will be the year-end No 1. Here in the desert, on what
was her first competitive meeting with Venus since the Wimbledon final, Serena
staved off a match point and then scored the decisive tiebreak, which was
interrupted by a cat running across the court, to win 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 for her
second victory from two appearances in the Maroon Group, while Venus, last
year's champion in Qatar, has lost both her matches so far.

自從2002之後 Serena將以現任澳網溫網雙料冠軍身份重奪年終第一
在這個沙漠城市中他與姐姐在溫網後首度在職業比賽交手
他挽救了一個賽末點並且拿下了決勝盤搶七 中途還有隻貓闖進場中
他目前在小組中兩戰全勝 但去年冠軍Venus卻是兩戰全敗

"It's such a great feeling to finish the year as the world No 1," said Serena,
who added that she was "sorry" about Safina's back condition.

"能以世界第一結束這個賽季真是太棒了" 他接著還說他對於Safina的背傷感到很遺憾

Venus, speaking after the match about Andre Agassi’s drugs admission, said:
“His book will probably sell. It seems very interesting, to say the least.”

Venus在賽後談到了Agassi在自傳中坦承服用禁藥
"他的書也許會熱賣 感覺上是本很有趣的書"

Though Safina had started the tournament as the world No 1 with a small lead
over Serena in the rankings, she had also arrived in the Middle East with pain
in her lower back, having suffered with the injury for three months, and at
1-1, 15-40, she was in so much discomfort that she felt that she could no
longer continue in her White Group match, or in the tournament.

Safina在年終賽開打前在排名方面以微弱優勢領先Serena
他帶著已經承受三個月的背傷來參賽 在1-1 15-40時他說他已經無法撐下去

"My body just gave up," said Safina, and there is now a possibility that she
could skip the first grand slam of next season, January's Australian Open.

"我的身體放棄了" 他甚至還說自己可能會退出一月的澳網

The news that Serena will end the year as the No 1 means that there will be
even greater interest in the findings of the grand slam coordinator, who is
investigating her behaviour at the US Open, where she swore at a line-judge
during her semi-final defeat to Kim Clijsters. An alternate, Russian
Vera Zvonareva, will replace Safina here in the Middle East.

Serena將登上年終第一也代表人們會更關注他正在面臨的調查
他在美網四強對上Kim Clijsters的比賽中對著線審罵髒話
另一方面 第一遞補的Vera Zvonareva將取代Safina參賽


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作者: VWilliams (VStarr) 看板: Williams
標題: Re: [小威] 小威重奪年終第一寶座
時間: Thu Oct 29 16:13:07 2009



WTA官網的新聞

Serena: Year-End No.1
October 28, 2009 Average rating: 4 stars

DOHA, QATAR - After a season-long battle for the world No.1 ranking, Serena
Williams will conclude the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season on top. When the new
rankings are released on Monday, November 2, Williams will be No.1 again,
replacing Dinara Safina. Williams secured a return to No.1 following Safina's
opening match retirement and Williams' win against Svetlana Kuznetsova. She
will hold the top spot at least through the week of December 28, 2009.

在經過整個賽季漫長的爭奪世界第一的戰爭後
Serena將重新獲得年終球后之位
在星期一將產生的新排名之中 他將取代Dinara Safina重新登上世界第一
因為Safina在他的首場比賽退賽 而Serena卻贏了與Kuznetsova一戰
因此他將至少佔領球后寶座直到12/28當週

It will mark the fifth time in Serena's career (third time in 2009) that she
will rise to No.1, having held the top ranking for 57 weeks from July 8, 2002
to August 10, 2003; four weeks from September 8 to October 6, 2008; 11 weeks
from February 2 to April 19, 2009; and two weeks from October 12 to October
25, 2009. Williams will conclude the season as the top-ranked player for the
second time in her career, having achieved the feat in 2002 also. And as a
result of the top ranking not changing hands throughout the off-season, she
will increase her career total to at least 83 weeks as the top ranked player.

這是Serena生涯中第五次 也是本年度第三次登上球后
他在2002-2003間登上世界第一達57周 2008九月到十月也有四週
今年二月到四月有11周 十月有兩週
這是Serena第二度取得年終球后寶座 他曾在2002達成這項成就
因為在休季期間排名不會改變 因此他將至少擁有83週的球后週數

"2009 has been a truly memorable season for me during which I enjoyed some of
the biggest wins of my career," Williams said. "Capturing the year-end world
No.1 ranking is a huge accomplishment for me and I am thrilled that all the
hard work has paid off."

"2009對我來說是個很值得紀念的賽季 這這個賽季中我得到了幾場生涯最大的勝利
能夠成為年終第一是一個很偉大的成就 我也很高興所有努力都得到了報酬"

"I congratulate Serena on having a great year and achieving one of her goals
by finishing the season as the world No.1 player," said Stacey Allaster,
Chairman and CEO of the Tour. "Serena is a terrific ambassador for our sport."

"我恭喜Serena擁有成功的一年 並且達到他年終第一的目標
他是我們這項運動中絕佳的代表" WTA的CEO Stacey Allaster說

Aldo Liguori, Sony Ericsson Corporate VP and Head of Global Communications &
PR, said: "We are delighted to congratulate Serena on this great accolade.
Finishing the season ranked Sony Ericsson WTA Tour No.1 for the second time
in her career is a tremendous achievement and we look forward to seeing
Serena have an even better 2010 season."

"我們很高興能恭喜Serena第二度達成年終第一
我們預期看到他在2010年甚至有更好的表現" Sony Ericsson的官員Aldo Liguori說

The 28-year-old American has had a stellar 2009 season, winning two Grand
Slam singles titles (Australian Open and Wimbledon) and posting solid results
at the other two Slams, falling to eventual champions at both (to Svetlana
Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros and to Kim Clijsters in the
semifinals of the US Open). She held No.1 for 13 weeks earlier this year, 11
from February 2 to April 19 and two more from October 12 to 25. In addition
to her success in singles she has won four doubles titles with Venus
Williams, including three majors (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open).

這位28歲的美國人有傑出的2009賽季 奪得兩座大滿貫
另外兩項也都有不錯的成績 都是輸給最後冠軍
他在本年度曾經有13周佔據球后寶座
此外他也與姐姐Venus拿下四座雙打冠軍 其中三個是大滿貫

Earlier this year in February, Williams became the first professional female
athlete to eclipse the $23-million mark in any professional sports league and
surpassed Lindsay Davenport ($22,144,735) as the all-time prize money leader
on the Tour. She is this season's prize money leader ($4,623,711 through week
of October 26) and is on the verge of becoming the second player in Tour
history to eclipse the $5 million single-season mark (Justine Henin, 2007).

今年二月Serena成為史上第一位獎金打破2300萬的女子運動員
超過了Lindsay Davenport的2214萬 他也是本年度獎金最高的選手
目前已經拿到462萬 有可能繼2007年的Justine Henin後成為第二度打破五百萬的選手

Williams turned professional at the age of 14 in November 1995 and played her
first tournament in Québec City, Canada. In her 14-year career she has won
every major title at least once for a total of 11 Grand Slam singles titles,
becoming only the fifth woman, other than Margaret Court, Chris Evert,
Martina Navratilova, and Steffi Graf, to achieve such a feat. Of the current
players, only her older sister, Venus Williams, comes close to such an
achievement, with seven Grand Slam singles titles to her name. Williams has
won four Australian Opens (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009), one French Open (2002),
three Wimbledons (2002, 2003, 2009) and three US Opens (1999, 2002, 2008).
Also, Williams has won two Olympic golds, playing doubles with Venus at
Sydney in 2000 and at Beijing in 2008, and is the owner of 34 singles and 17
doubles titles.

Serena Williams在1995年僅十四歲就在魁北克打了第一個職業比賽
在她十四年的職業生涯中 他已經拿過所有大滿貫至少一次 總計十一座大滿貫冠軍
他也是五位達成這項成就的冠軍之一
現役選手中只有他姐姐Venus的成就較為接近 拿下七座大滿貫冠軍
小威現在名下已經有四座澳網 一座法網 三座溫網 三座美網
除此之外小威還有兩面奧運金牌 他得過34座單打冠軍以及17座雙打冠軍


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