比利时方面 Henin已经退赛 Kim说今年要多休息 甚至考虑退出法网 看起来比国的两位名将都可能不会出赛 这样可能重演2005年第一轮 当时在大威跟戴姐领衔下 美国五场皆赢且都没有超过一小时... Serena Williams has agreed to play for the U.S. Fed Cup team for the first time since 2003. Fresh off her Australian Open title, Williams will join older sister Venus on the squad that faces Belgium in the first round of the Fed Cup in April. 小威将跟大威一起在四月的联邦杯打比利时 这是小威自2003年第一次参加 "I was very happy when Serena called me and said she wanted to play, especially coming after her big win in Australia," U.S. captain Zina Garrison told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Thursday. "She had texted me a couple of times and said she was contemplating playing Fed Cup. She actually let me know last week she'll play." Zina Garrison说他很高兴小威告诉他想打Fed Cup 特别是在澳网的出色表现後 上周小威就跟他说他会打Fed Cup The U.S. Tennis Association planned to make a formal announcement later Thursday. Venus Williams' participation was announced last week. USTA原计划星期四宣布小威参赛 大威则是上周便宣布了 "I'm excited to see them back on the court and working hard and defying all the odds of what people think or say about them," Garrison said. Garrison说很高兴看到大小威回来努力训练对抗一切批评 Serena Williams is undefeated in her Fed Cup career, going 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles. She last played for the United States four years ago, in a first-round victory over the Czech Republic. 小威在Fed Cup还没输过 单双打都三场全胜 上次他是在2003第一轮出战 轻松击败捷克队 The only other year she played Fed Cup was in 1999, helping win the title. The United States repeated as champion the next year without Serena Williams, but it hasn't won the Fed Cup since. 他再上一次打是1999了 帮助美国夺冠 隔年美国缺少小威但仍然卫冕 此後就没在夺冠 The U.S. team is 3-3 under Garrison, never going beyond the semifinals. Garrison带领美国队战绩是3-3 没有差於四强过 The sisters "have said they are both very interested in bringing the title back home," Garrison said, "and both of them know what sort of commitment that means." 他们都说很希望今年把锦标带回家 The younger Williams entered the Australian Open last month unseeded, ranked 81st, and without a title from any tournament in two years, in part because of injuries that sidelined her for months at a time. 小威上个月在澳网以81名非种子身份夺得两年内第一个冠军 But she knocked off six seeded players in Melbourne, capped by a 6-1, 6-2 victory over top-seeded Maria Sharapova in the final. That gave the American her eighth Grand Slam singles title and moved her up to No. 14 in the WTA rankings. She's 15th this week. 他打败六个种子 决赛6-1 6-2打败第一种子Sharapova 让他赢了第八个大满贯 排名挺进14 他本周是15 "Serena is Serena. If she decides that's what she's going to do, she'll do it. Does she have the potential to back at No. 1? Of course," Garrison said. "At the Australian Open, you saw that hunger in her eyes again." 小威就是小威 如果他决定了 他就会做到 他当然有回到第一的潜能 在澳网 你又看到了他眼神里的渴望 Getting both Williams sisters to play against Belgium - at Delray Beach, Fla., on April 21-22 - is a coup for Garrison, who was given a one-year contract extension for 2007. 比赛於四月21.22将在Delray Beach举行 "Serena's a lot like me. When she makes up her mind, if she's not going to want to do it, you can't persuade her," Garrison said. "I did a lot of talking to her and her agent, Jill Smoller, saying I've got a one-year contract and I would like to bring the championship home now, because you don't know what next year will bring." 小威很像我 当他下定决心 如果他不想做 强迫他也没用 我花很多时间跟他的经纪人Jill Smoller谈 跟他说我还有一年的约 很想今年把锦标拿回家 因为你不知道明年如何 Fed Cup captains have until 10 days before a match to select their four-woman squad, and Garrison hasn't decided whether the Williams sisters will be her doubles team. Fed Cup的领队要在比赛前十天确定四人阵容 Garrison还没决定让大小威打双打 "They'll do whatever you ask. If you want them to play, they'll play. And if you say, 'I don't need you in this particular match,' they're OK with that, too," Garrison said. "They're a lot more team oriented than people realize." 如果要求的话他们会做到 要他们打他就会打 如果你说现在先不需要你 他们也ok 他们比人们想像的随和很多 -- --

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