[小威] 2007美網賽前訪問

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Serena Williams NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK THE MODERATOR: Questions for Serena. Q. Althea Gibson was a pioneer, strong, athletic. Could you talk about her, what your reflections are? Althea Gibson是位先驅者他強壯有運動天份你可以談一下她嗎 SERENA WILLIAMS: I love Althea Gibson. For me growing up, I read a lot, I read a lot of books about Althea. I've always dreamt of being on the same level as her, you know, to have an opportunity to play tennis, for her to be the pioneer to all of tennis, not just for female tennis, but all of tennis, it's just amazing for me to be able -- to be honored to even mention her name. 我喜歡Althea 在我成長路中我讀了很多關於他的書我一直都希望能到他那樣的高度像他一樣有機會打球能當網球的先驅對我來說能像他那樣被稱讚對我來說太不可思議了 Q. What do you think it was like for her to try to break into the sport? 你覺得當他在嘗試在這項運動突破時所面臨的是怎樣情形? SERENA WILLIAMS: I can't imagine. Like I say, I did read her books. What I read was just tear-jerking to see all the stuff she had to go through. I mean, she had to sleep in cars because they wouldn't allow her in the hotels. And that wasn't even what happened on the tour. You know, everything was just -- she just didn't even get to play professional till she was way older when she could have probably won so many more titles. I just really, really am glad I have an opportunity to be able to play. I'm happy. Althea makes me happy and excited to be black. 我不能想像我讀過他的書我看到他所經歷過的那些以後哭的一把鼻涕一把眼淚的像是他必須睡在車上因為他們不讓他住旅館他甚至不能打職業賽直到她年紀比較大了說不定早已拿到很多冠軍我真的很榮幸能有機會能打球我很高興 Althea讓我以身為黑人自豪 Q. She had a fighting spirit, would you say? 你會說他有奮戰精神嗎? SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, she had this face like she was just so -- I thought she was such a fighter. She always had this face that you couldn't break her. I thought that was interesting. Everything she would go through, you know, was like you couldn't break her. That inspires me a lot. 他是個鬥士他總是讓你覺得他是不會被打倒的這給我很大的啟發 Q. Do you have any recollection of the first time you heard about her, learned about her? 你還記得你第一次知道他的事嗎? SERENA WILLIAMS: No, no, not at all, not the first time. I don't remember good. 忘了耶 Q. What's the situation with your thumb injury? Do you feel it's almost a hundred percent? 你現在手指傷勢怎樣了? 你覺得快100%了嗎? SERENA WILLIAMS: Thumb's up (smiling). 不賴 (雙關) Q. Even though you have no matches under your belt since Wimbledon... 你溫網後沒有打比賽... SERENA WILLIAMS: I'm totally fine. I'm always playing with not many matches. I've been practicing so much. I'm so excited that the US Open is here because I'm pretty much over practicing. It's dreadful. I'm ready to play matches now, yeah. 我覺得還好我總是沒打很多比賽我已經訓練很多了我已經準備好上場了 Q. What was your reaction when you found out you'd have to play Justine in the quarterfinals? 你對於又要在八強對上Justine的反應? SERENA WILLIAMS: I didn't know that. I'm excited actually. It's time for me to I guess play her. You know me, it doesn't bother me. I'm excited. She's one of my favorite opponents to play. 我不知道耶我其實很興奮那不會困擾到我他是我最想打的對手之一 Q. Why is that? 為什麼? SERENA WILLIAMS: Because she has a good game and she brings it to you and she enjoys the battle. 他打的很棒他會讓你也打的更好他也享受於比賽當中 Q. You and Venus have each won one Grand Slam this year. Is there a little sibling rivalry? Joking around with each other about trying to get the second one this year? 你跟Venus今年都贏了大滿貫這像是姐妹競賽嗎? 有開玩笑過誰今年能拿第二個嗎? SERENA WILLIAMS: Absolutely. You know, I'm hoping it's me. I'm really hoping it's me. 我當然希望是我:p Q. How do you feel to represent African Americans in tennis? 你對於作為黑人選手的代表有什麼感覺? SERENA WILLIAMS: I feel great. I feel like, more than anything, I'm not only playing for me but I'm playing for every other girl, little African American girl out there who felt that they couldn't make it or they didn't have a chance. For me to kind of be an inspiration to anyone, of any race, makes me happy. 覺得很棒我不只是為自己打球也為其他女孩們.那些覺得自己沒什麼機會的小女孩們對我來說能激勵其他人讓我也感到快樂 Q. How wide open do you feel the Open is this year? Does it seem wide open to you? 你覺得這次競爭有多廣? SERENA WILLIAMS: Why would it be wide open? ? Q. A lot of contenders this year versus some other years. 今年比前幾年有更多的熱門 SERENA WILLIAMS: I don't understand your question. I'm sorry. I don't understand, how can it be wide open? 我不太懂耶為什麼會很廣? Q. In previous years it looked like maybe one person had a strong record coming in, were favored to win. This year it looks like there's a lot of players that can win. 前幾年看起來會有一個選手有很強的紀錄很被看好贏球今年看起來很多人都能贏 SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, okay. I think there's a lot of players who can win. Obviously I want it to be me. I'm thinking it's going to be me. So I'm thinking positive, sending positive vibes my way. 我想今年是很多人可以贏我當然希望是我我也覺得會是我所以我努力的往積極面想 Q. Do you think too much is made of being match-ready for a Grand Slam? 你覺得多思考有助於準備比賽嗎? SERENA WILLIAMS: Totally. I totally think so. I think it's definitely important to have matches and to play matches. But I also think it's important to have faith in your game and have faith -- I've been playing for I don't know how long. I should be match-ready. I've played a lot of matches in my career. That's how I like to think about it. That way I can just be like, okay, Serena, you've played a lot of matches, you are match-ready so just go out there and do what you need to do, as opposed to, I'm not match-ready. I think for me it's almost an excuse. 當然我覺得熱身很重要但思考也很重要這樣你才能有信念我已經打很長的時間了我會準備好的相反的我也可以把沒有準備好當藉口 Q. We saw a picture in Jane Magazine last week. Can you talk about your photo in there, why you did it, your thoughts on that? 我們看到你在上週Jane雜誌的照片了為什麼要這樣拍呢 SERENA WILLIAMS: This week? 這週? Q. Just saw it this week. 這週才看到 SERENA WILLIAMS: Oh, my gosh, you guys are so late. Dude, that's so old, please. That is so late. I'm a little disappointed. You could have done better (smiling). 哈哈你們看太晚了已經很久囉我有一點小失望你們應該早點看到的 Q. What about the ad campaign you're doing that promotes women's sports. Can you talk about your motivation to get involved in that? 你可以談一下現在你推出的推廣女子運動的廣告嗎? Q. Mary Carillo said the other day she thought the Williams sisters should have dominated more for 10 years, like always be in the finals, change tennis history. It almost seemed to maybe undervalue what you two have accomplished. She feels you have been a little too inconsistent, considering the potential. Do you have any response? Do you feel you two have changed tennis history, reached potential? Carillo說他覺得威家姐妹可以多主宰女網十年永遠都在決賽改變網球歷史你們現在甚至低就了你有什麼反應嗎? 你覺得你們已經改變歷史了嗎? SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, I think I've had a little more effect on tennis history than she has. I'm pretty excited about that. 嗯我想我比他在網球多點影響我已經足夠高興 Q. Night matches at the Open. There's a lot of electricity at night. Can you talk about your experiences in night matches at the Open. 夜場會開很多燈你可以談一下你打夜場的經驗嗎? SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, I've always played on opening night. I love them. I prefer to play at 11 because it's like you play at 11, you get your match over, you have the rest of the day, the next day off, it's perfect. I'll play at night. I like it. 我常常打夜場我喜歡打夜場我喜歡11點打球早上整天都休假隔天又沒比賽太完美了 Q. Speaking of the electricity in New York City, what's your favorite thing to do here? 你在紐約有什麼喜歡做的事? SERENA WILLIAMS: My favorite thing is the restaurants, yeah. I'll say that. 去餐廳 Q. Is there a genre you like? 有你特別喜歡的嗎? SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, the Pink Elephant Restaurant. Pink Elephant Restaurant Q. Are you embarrassed by that photo? 你會因為那張照片尷尬嗎? SERENA WILLIAMS: No, not at all. I thought it was a great photo. It was for a great cause. I thought it was simply divine personally. I've gotten a lot of great compliments on it. Thank you. 不會我覺得拍的蠻棒的我個人覺得這張拍的超棒的我得到很多稱讚謝謝 -- -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.122.37.112