Q. So little a up and down. It was almost like watching Serena play the points yesterday where you kind of steadied yourself in the match until you kind of felt the ball and then you were hitting your shots at the end? 有点起伏喔 像昨天小威那样慢慢进入状况最後终於能打出自己的球吗? VENUS WILLIAMS: Yeah, definitely. I think that sometimes, the first round can be like that, and I felt like I definitely got to hit a lot of balls. And I definitely was really clear, especially towards the end on how I wanted to execute. 是啊 我想有时候 第一轮就是那样 我觉得我打了很多球 但是我非常清醒 特别是到最後能执行我的计画 Q. Can you just talk about the state of your game overall and how it's been the last few months and where you think it's headed. 可以谈一下你现在的状态吗? 前几个月怎样? VENUS WILLIAMS: I feel good. I think the most important thing is that I'm on tour, and as long as I'm on tour, I feel like really good things can happen to me. So it's just important for me to stay in the tournaments and be healthy. 我觉得不错 我想最重要的是我能回到场上 只要我能在场上 我觉得好事可以发生的 所以最重要的是我能参加比赛跟保持健康 Q. So is a lot of it about health, making sure that the wrists don't get reinjured? 所以健康占了很大部分 得确保手腕不再受伤? VENUS WILLIAMS: Exactly, just staying healthy and that I have the opportunity to prepare, and then obviously I have the opportunity to come play. 当然 如果能够保持健康我就有机会能准备 然後我就有机会打好 Q. What were you saying to yourself at 4-all in the first set? 第一盘4-4的时候你跟自己说了什麽? VENUS WILLIAMS: Well, it's just important to stay positive, because things happen. Tennis is a game where if you let a few points go, it can become even. So I just felt like for sure I had the advantage still and I really wanted to close it out. And especially with the weather, I didn't know -- I was already fortunate to be first on and fortunate that it hadn't rained already, so just trying to stay focused. 嗯 保持积极很重要 网球是一项如果你浪费了几个月就可能重新开始的运动 所以我得确保我仍有优势 而且也很想拿下 特别是这个天气 我真幸运能排在第一场而且在下雨前打完 我得试着保持专注 Q. You went into the net a couple times. Was that something you were consciously trying to do, put a little pressure on her? 上网蛮多次的 你是在尝试给他更多压力吗? VENUS WILLIAMS: Definitely. I'm a good player at the net. Obviously on clay, it's a little slower, so I like to have a good shot to come in on. 当然 我在网前打的不错 特别是红土 球速比较慢 所以我喜欢能打那样的好球 Q. Last year when you were here, you talked about being the lone flag waving in the wind. With Serena here does it feel less like that, and do you feel like American prospects will be better? 去年你说你独自一人挥着美国的旗子 现在小威也在这了 感觉如何? 美国网球会变好吗? VENUS WILLIAMS: Well, definitely. Last year, it was a big topic about the Americans not -- not as many Americans being in the draw or not as many Americans being a threat for the title. But at the end of the day, definitely. I totally want her to win. I focus on me. That's all I can do. I can't make more Americans play or play better. 当然 去年美国球员过少是个很大的话题 没有很多美国球员在签表 或被当夺冠热门 我希望小威能赢 我也专注在自己身上 那是我能做的 我不能让更多美国人打网球或打更好 Q. Historically, I mean the number in the draw here is much lower than we've had in the past. I mean what do you attribute to that? 以历史来说 我的意思是现在签表的球员数比之前少上许多 你认为是因为? VENUS WILLIAMS: I'm not sure. Everyone asks me that question and, like I said, my focus is staying on tour. And if I can do that, then the American flag should wave pretty nicely. 我不太确定 大家都问我这个问题 但我的焦点只放在比赛上 如果我可以做好 那美国国旗就可以挥舞的更漂亮 Q. It's 110 years since the women were allowed to play here. How do you feel women's tennis has developed in the years that you have been playing? 法网开放女球员参赛已经110年了 你觉得女网在你打的这几年变了多少? VENUS WILLIAMS: Always moving forward. Definitely always moving forward. We have a lot of -- obviously, a great celebration or victory with equal prize money at all of the grand slams. And that's not just women's tennis, it's just representing for women around the world. So always moving forward. 女网一直在往前进 我们有很多成就像是达到大满贯奖金平等 这不只是关於女网 这关系到全世界的女人 Q. Is there anything that you would like -- is there more to be done in the future? 未来还有什麽你想做到的? VENUS WILLIAMS: For women's tennis? 替女网? Q. For women's tennis, yeah. 是 VENUS WILLIAMS: Women's tennis is a business now. We have to always get better or else we'll go out of business. So obviously, the players have to play better, and on the business side, we have to definitely run our business in the best way possible. 女网现在是个大商机了 选手们得打的更好 关於商业部份 我们当然希望能尽可能达到最好 Q. How satisfied or not, maybe disappointed, were you with your serving today? You faced a lot of break points. 关於你的发球 满意吗? 失望吗? 今天你面临好多破发点 VENUS WILLIAMS: Yeah, I think my serve is okay. I think sometimes I just made some errors on the ground strokes. On the surface, I mean, I can serve big, but it's definitely important, the placement and to try to set myself up for the next shot. Because a lot of times, my serve is coming back, 'cause it's slower. And that's okay. I'm ready. 嗯 我想我的发球OK 我想有时候只是在抽球中有些失误 在这场地上.. 嗯我可以发球发的很好 但有一点很重要-发球的落点可以决定下一拍的走向 很多次 我的发球有点慢 但是也那还好 因为我准备好了 Q. What is the straps on your wrists? How much longer do you think you'll be having them for? Is it just a preventive measure? 手腕上的绷带是? 你觉得还要绑多久? 还是只是预防而已? VENUS WILLIAMS: I've had those straps on for years. So sometimes it varies what's under it. But I'll probably always have them. 我手腕绑着好几年了 我可能会一直都这样包着 Q. So is it kind of a psychological thing? 所以这是关於心理层面? VENUS WILLIAMS: I don't wear them in practice anymore. I used to. But now, I always tape in a match just in case something happens, and it's hard to get everything done in three minutes. So I always tape before just in case. 我之前会在练习中也包着 但现在不会了 我现在只在比赛中包着 以免发生意外 因为你很难在几分钟内就热机 所以我把手腕包着以防万一 Q. In were you surprised by the way she returned so many balls? 你对他能回这麽多球讶异吗? VENUS WILLIAMS: She definitely returned a lot of balls, but this is clay, and I have to expect that. And maybe she was surprised that I was returning so many balls, too. And I'm ready to play a lot of shots. And I think my movement is really good and my slide is fine. And really, even if the point doesn't go the way I want to, I'm having a lot of fun because I'm getting do what I love to do. 这是红土 所以很多来回是可预期的 或许他也对我能回这麽多球讶异:P 我已经做好来回很多的准备了 我的移位跟滑步也OK 即使球不像我希望的那样来 我也会很享受 因为我正在做我爱的事 Q. What kind of expectations do you have for these sort of 18-, 22-, 23-year-olds, like Jamea or Shenay, Vania? 对於那些18-23的小将们 像Jamea Shenay跟Vania你有什麽预期? VENUS WILLIAMS: I really don't know their games that well. I've seen Jamea play like once in a Fed Cup tie; Shenay, I've never seen play; Ahsha, I've never seen play; Vania, I've seen her play at Fed Cup. They're all, from what I've seen from Jamea and Vania they're both solid. They just have to continue to work hard and I think just developing powerful shots, because that really makes a difference in the matches. 我真的没有很了解她们 我看过Vania跟Jamea在联邦盃打球 没看过Shenay跟Ahsha Jamea跟Vania都不错 只需要继续保持努力 我想如果她们力气能更大对比赛一定会有帮助 Q. The lacking the power? 她们力气不够吗? VENUS WILLIAMS: They aren't my size; they aren't Serena's size. They're a little shorter. But it doesn't mean that they can't have power. It just means that they're young. 她们的体型跟我还有小威的不一样 他们比较矮 但那不代表她们不能拥有力量 那只代表她们年纪还太小 Q. Considering that you and Serena are about all the United States has in this tournament, is that a matter of pressure or of pride that you're the ones? 你跟小威可能是在法网美国最重要的代表了 你们会感到有压力 或是骄傲吗? VENUS WILLIAMS: No, it's not pressure. I think the only pressure that I feel is pressure that I may put on myself. So I try not to do that. I do expect a lot from myself. But just as I was saying earlier, I'm just very happy to be healthy and to have the opportunity to play. And that's very important because I haven't had a lot of good luck with injuries in the last couple years. So for me, if I can do well for myself and for America, it's fantastic. 不 那不是压力 我会感受到我给自己的压力 但是我试着不要给自己压力 我对自己有很多期许 就像我说的 我很高兴能保持健康而且有机会打球 这很重要因为过去两年我的健康并不好 所以对我来说如果我能替自己跟美国打好 那就太棒了 Q. Because you're just happy to be healthy, did the losses you've taken this year, the tough loss of like Maria, Jankovic, did they hurt a lot less because the perspective has changed? 因为你对於能保持健康很高兴 那今年的那些败仗 像输给Sharapova跟Jankovic那种 是不是对你的伤害小很多? 因为你的看法已经改变? VENUS WILLIAMS: No, it bothered me for sure, yeah. I'm a winner, and I'm used to winning most matches. So definitely losing any of those matches is like a foreign feeling. But I definitely count my blessings. I definitely expect just as much from myself. I still have the same big game and there's nothing less. It's just like I said, I haven't been as fortunate to be on tours as much as many people. So I'm very excited to be here to do my job and have the opportunity to do it well. 不 那些比赛当然会困扰我 我是一个赢家 我以前赢了大部分比赛 所以输是很怪的感觉 但我只能希望自己打好 我还有那种能力 我的能力并没有减少 我只是还不够幸运而已 所以我很期待在这里能打出好球 能有机会得到好表现 Q. But do you feel it coming? I mean is it going to click in soon, I mean, your game, where you feel like, Okay, a week or two, three weeks, I'm going to be playing at 100 percent, or maybe it can happen here? 但你感觉那样的状态正要来到吗? 你有感觉到一周或两周三周你的最佳状态就会来到吗? 或是在这里就有可能发生? VENUS WILLIAMS: I'm not exactly focusing on the clicks because I feel like I know what I need to execute on the courts here. I just need to go out there and do what I need to do, whether it's clicking or not, because I've played lots of matches where I didn't feel like I was at my best, but I still have to play. 我知道我在场上该贯彻什麽 我需要的只是出场 然後做我需要做的 之前我不在自己最佳状态打过很多比赛 还是得比 Q. When your forehand ground strokes aren't working the way you want them to, as they were for some of that first set, what adjustments do you make? Do you try to hit the ball a little more conservatively or do you just keep hitting them the way you're hitting them and hope they drop? What's your method of operation? 当你正拍不像你希望的那样时 像第一盘那样 你会怎样调整? 你会保守一点还是继续用你想要的方式打球? VENUS WILLIAMS: I don't try to be too conservative, maybe for a point or two, but I'm not a conservative player. That whole mentality doesn't really work for me. So, yeah, sure, sometimes I try to play percentage tennis, but I still like to force the point because really, that's how championships are won. You can't just sit back and wait for something to happen. 我不会试着保守一点 或许一两球会吧 但是我不是个保守的球员 当然有时我希望能打出好网球 但是我还是喜欢施压 你不能坐着等事情发生 Q. And then after a number of unforced errors there, you win the first set with a forehand cross-court. How much of a confidence-builder was that for your forehand for the rest of the match? 在一些失误後你用一记正拍斜线拿下第一盘 那对你正拍或整场比赛的信心有多大帮助? VENUS WILLIAMS: I really wasn't thinking about my forehand, to be honest. So it wasn't a big deal for me. If I make a mistake on my shot, then I try to correct that mistake. And in the next shot, if it's a different mistake, I correct it right then and move on. I can't live in the past. 我真的没想过我的正拍 这对我来说没有很重要 我有时候会失误 我会试着纠正回来 下一拍 如果有别的失误 我也会去矫正 继续往前走 我不能活在过去 Q. Do your expectations change according to how many matches you've played and how many tournaments you've played and the build-up to an event or does it matter for you tour? 你的期望会因为你打多少场比赛而改变吗? VENUS WILLIAMS: No, I always, of course, want the ultimate result, which is obviously holding the trophy. I think most players dream of that. I'm not different than anyone else. So, no, my expectations don't change and I work hard. 我一直都希望能有最终极的成绩 当然是捧起奖盃 我想大部分球员都有这样的梦 我跟别人并没有差别 所以我的期望并不会改变 而且我会努力 Q. Would you like to have had a few matches under your belt coming in? 你希望能有多几场比赛来准备吗? VENUS WILLIAMS: I've had enough matches. Yeah, I'm ready. 我已经打够多了 我准备好了 Q. With both Mom and Dad here, did they tell you different things? Do you like to look to Dad for a certain kind of coaching and Mom to something else? 爸爸跟妈妈都在 她们有告诉你不同的东西吗? 你喜欢从爸爸那些得到某些启发而从妈妈得到其他东西吗? VENUS WILLIAMS: They say pretty much the same thing, so sometimes it's good for someone else, maybe, to tell me something, because I hear it so often. 他们说的都差不多 所以如果有别人能跟我说其他也不错 因为我很常听她们说的那些 -- --

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