[小威] WTA 40 Love Icons: Serena Williams

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http://tinyurl.com/pydcz5a 40 LOVE Icons: Serena Williams All year on wtatennis.com we've profiled WTA legends from the past - Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf, to name a few - but one of the WTA's biggest legends is still playing, dominating even, and it looks like she's going to become more and more legendary. 過去一年回顧了很多退休的傳奇人物，但其中一位傳奇目前還是現役，甚至仍在主宰，看起來未來將繼續增添自己的傳奇性。 Though she had made it clear she would be a force to come in the future, Williams' big breakthrough came at the US Open in 1999, navigating a star-studded path - which included Kim Clijsters, Conchita Martínez, Monica Seles, Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis - for her first Grand Slam title. After winning her 17th major at the US Open this year, they played '1999' by Prince on the sound system. 雖然早就被視為一股女網未來的強大力量，但Serena的大突破在1999的美網，當時他連續過了Clijsters、Martinez、Seles、Davenport、Hingis等一干網球明星，奪下生涯首個大滿貫，當今年奪下美網，摘得第十七項大滿貫冠軍後，球館內也特別撥放了Prince 的名曲「1999」。 "It was amazing winning at 17," Williams said. "For whatever reason, I never thought I was going to lose that year. I just knew I was going to win it. And I remember I took my opportunity right then and there, and I made some shots and wasn't making as many errors. It was just a great feeling. 十七歲拿下冠軍真的很神奇，不知為何我當時就是覺得自己那年不會輸，我有直覺會拿下冠軍，我搶下了很多機會，打出一些神奇的球，失誤也沒那麼多，感覺太好了。 "Being older now, it's such a great honor to win it again, because I don't know if I'll ever win another Grand Slam. Obviously I hope so. I say that every time I win one. I'm just really excited about this." 年紀較長後，能再奪得冠軍真的是一種榮幸，因為我不知道是否還有下一次機會，我當然希望繼續，我每次拿冠軍都這麼說，我真的很期待繼續贏下去。 She was then asked how the Williams of 1999 would stack up against the Williams of 2013, soon 2014. 被問到1999的Serena將會如何對上2013的Serena。 "I've been looking at film from when I was 17. I remember I played Steffi Graf at Indian Wells and gosh, I was good! I had no idea. I was coming to the net and I was like, 'Me? I had volleys?' So I really don't know how we would do against each other. We both never give up. It would be interesting to see." 我曾看過十七歲時在Indian Wells對上Graf的影片，我很訝異當時表現那麼好，我居然會上網，我很訝異，原來我之前會截擊？我真的不知道這兩個我會怎麼對上，兩個我都是永不放棄的，如果能成真會很有趣。 A lot of tennis players - and athletes in general, and celebrities too - make a number of sacrifices in their childhood to achieve success in their profession, but to Williams this hasn't been a sacrifice. 很多網球選手，以及其他運動員和名人都曾在幼時犧牲很多才能在職業中得到成就，但對於Serena而言這不是一種犧牲。 "I've always seen it as an opportunity to be here and do the best I can. Maybe I didn't hang out with people or go out as a kid, maybe I didn't experience all of that, but I wouldn't trade this experience in for anything. I was given an opportunity where I could play tennis and I could become good at it. 我總是認為能站上球場，表現出自己最好的一面是一種機會，或許我以前沒機會跟別人出去，或許我小時候沒有體驗過所有事，但我不會把網球的經驗與任何東西交換，我很榮幸得到打網球、甚至繼續精進的機會。 "For me, it wasn't a sacrifice." 對我而言，那些錯過的不是一種犧牲。 Another thing tennis isn't for Williams is a means to a paycheque. Having won both the US Open Series and US Open this year, she earned a $3.6 million payout - the equal-biggest payout in the history of the sport, alongside Rafael Nadal, who pulled off the same US Open Series-US Open double this summer. But the prize money was never a goal for the American - she's reaching for other stars. 網球對Serena而言也不是一個金庫，在拿下美網系列賽和美網冠軍之後，他一次入帳三百六十萬美金，跟Nadal今年一樣，但獎金對他而言從來就不是個目標，他要的是登峰造極。 "Never, never in my life have I picked up a cheque - I don't play tennis for the money. I honestly love to play. I love Grand Slams. When I grew up playing tennis in Compton, I just never thought about any of this. I didn't think about the press. I didn't even know all of this came with everything. My dad got me into tennis because of the money, but being naive and silly, I never thought about it myself. 我從來沒有特別在意支票，我不是為了錢而打球的，我只是很愛打球，我愛大滿貫，當我在Compton打球時，我從未想過這些，我甚至不知道打球可以讓我得到什麼，我爸爸雖然因為錢而帶我進入網球，但因為我的天真和傻勁，我從來沒想過這些。 "I just thought, 'I want to win. I want to do what Venus does. I want to win and I want to do more and I want to do more.' To this day I have never ever picked up a cheque in my life. I remember back in the day, before wiring, they used to mail it because I would just forget it. I didn't pick it up tonight either. 我當時只是心想「我想要贏，我想要做到Venus做到的那些事，我想要贏，我想要贏越來越多」，坦白說到現在我都還沒拿甚麼支票，以前還沒有電子支票的時候，賽會甚至還要寄給我，因為我甚至會忘了拿就走了。 "I'm happy about the opportunity I had because of my sister, because of Billie Jean King and so many pioneers to have an opportunity to win some money like this. But I really play for the love of tennis." 我很高興因為我姊姊、因為Billie Jean King和其他前行者的努力讓我獲得拿到這麼多錢的機會，但我個人真的是為愛而投入網球的。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.128.196.66