[S.S.] Doha年終賽前夕......

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Stosur treating Doha like fifth major Australian tennis ace Samantha Stosur has a Grand-Slam focus heading into this week’s season-ending championships in Doha. Stosur is treating the tour finale like a fifth major and says victory in the prestigious eight-woman round-robin event would be “the icing on the cake” after a watershed season for the 26-year-old French Open runner-up. “It’s like a mini Grand Slam in many ways and there will be no easy matches, that’s for sure,” Stosur told AAP on Monday. “I’m very pumped and excited to be here. It’s a privilege to be amongst the top-eight players and to know that every single match for the week is going to be pretty special. “I’ve already had a great year – one title and two finals – but this would be the highlight if I was to end up winning it. That would really be the icing on the cake.” Sam在參賽前夕的訪談新聞裡透露，她認為年終賽的績分對她來說，有如蛋糕上的糖霜(額外的bonus)，她將其視為如同第五個大滿貫賽一樣重要。她今天表示，＂這就像是個迷你的大滿貫賽，能確定的是，每場比賽都不容易。＂＂能來到這裡，使我非常雀躍及興奮。獲得參賽資格而且能事先知道每場比賽的對手是誰，是非常特別的感覺。＂(雙打不也這樣？) ＂今年是很棒的一年－我拿了一個冠軍，並二度打進決賽，若我能以贏家之姿結束年終賽之旅，這會是我今年最光輝的一役。就像蛋糕上的糖霜一樣。＂ A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion, Stosur has been handed a favourable draw for her maiden singles appearance at the tour championships. While the Queenslander has landed in the maroon group alongside world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki, her Roland Garros final conqueror Francesca Schiavone plus Elena Dementieva, Stosur could have fared much worse. The only two players in the tournament who Stosur has never beaten are both in the white group. US Open champion Kim Clijsters and in-form Victoria Azarenka – fresh from collecting her second title of the year on Sunday in Moscow – each lead Stosur 4-0 head-to-head, but are both in the other pool alongside Jelena Jankovic and Vera Zvonareva. “I don’t know if there is a good group or a bad group,” Stosur said. “But obviously I have played all these players before and, except for two of them, had success. “Every match is going to be difficult and you’re going to have to give it your best shot every time. “Everyone here is here because they’ve had good results this year.” 新聞裡頭說，對Sam而言算是拿到好籤表，跟Sam隸屬於紅組的，有WOZ、鳳姐和戴娃，這三人都曾敗在Sam手上，而面對連輸四次的對手，Kim和Vika，則被分配在白組，意即風險延後？近幾天不會遇上她們。同組的還有JJ和Z娃。 (記錄還是參考就好，臨場發揮重要很多。) Sam對籤表結果表示，＂我不清楚何謂好組或壞組，但明顯地，我都曾和這些選手較量過，只有其中的兩位我沒贏過。每場對決都是艱難的，我必須打出我最好的狀態。每個到場的人，都是因為她們今年成績突出才能前來參賽。＂ (Sam的專長－很認真地回答一大串.....客觀事實) In the absence of injured pair Serena and Venus Williams, only Zvonareva – who was runner-up at Wimbledon and the US Open – is in a position to challenge Wozniacki for the year-end No.1 ranking. Wozniacki will be guaranteed top spot with two round-robin wins from her preliminary matches against Stosur, Schiavone and Dementieva. But with no rankings points to defend, having not qualified last year, fifth-seeded Stosur could finish the season as high as No.2 with an unbeaten campaign in the Gulf. The top two players from each group will advance to Saturday’s semifinals, with the tournament’s climax taking place on Sunday at the Khalifa Tennis Complex. In addition to a stack of rankings points, big money is up for grabs in the tour finale, with an undefeated champion able to earn as much as USD$1.55 million. Stosur, who won the season-ending doubles title in 2005 with American Lisa Raymond, is guaranteed USD$100,000 (AUD$101,657) just for qualifying and will pocket a further USD$100,000 for every group win. After a season of milestones, Stosur will be striving to become the first Australian woman to win the season-ending championship since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1976. Round-robin play commences on Tuesday. 年終賽大小威一起缺席，所以Z娃將有機會挑戰WOZ的年終后座，但WOZ只要在小組循環賽勝得兩場，就能保住世界第一的頭銜。 Sam則是去年沒打，也沒積分要保，如果贏得最終勝利(一場未失)，排名則有機會來到生涯No.2的新高。(這段看看就好　不敢妄想) 小組勝場數最多的兩名球員，將在本周六參加準決賽，週日在哈里發舉行決賽，一場未失的冠軍能獨得１５５萬美元。２００５年Sam＆Lisa只是符合雙打資格賽，就獲得１０萬美元，之後若每場小組賽獲勝，就能再多拿１０萬美元。(怎麼都是講錢錢錢) 做為終結一年賽季的里程碑，Sam將有機會繼澳洲傳奇選手－Evonne Goolagong ，挑戰１９７６年後，第二位澳洲女單選手的年終賽冠軍頭銜。比賽明天就開始嘍～！！ PS.從頭到尾都沒有換地點一直都在哈里發網球場我耍笨了 Sorry! > < -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.40.77.21