http://tinyurl.com/7hzqk8 Rafael Nadal, Venus Williams: Lawn Tennis Players Of The Year By Anton Lagani, Lawn Tennis Correspondent, Posted: Sunday, December 14, 2008 6:36pm PST USA LOS ANGELES--(lawntennismag.com) This year, Rafael Nadal of Spain won three of the big five tennis tournaments, while Venus Williams of the USA took her fifth career Wimbledon singles title to earn our players of the year awards. 今年Rafael Nadal赢得最重要的五项比赛中的三个 而Venus Williams获得了他的第五个温网则为他赚进年度最佳球员奖 Williams, in her twelve years on the WTA Tour full time, has never won a grand slam in the first half of the year, so I wasn't too surprised that she would peak once again in this year's second half. Venus Williams已经完全踏入职业网坛12年 但他从未在上半年赢过大满贯 所以他再度於下半年状态达到巅峰并不令我意外 So after losing to Ana Ivanovic of Serbia in the Australian Open quarterfinals and to relatively unknown Flavia Pennetta of Italy at the French Open in the third round, Williams prepared herself for the faster surfaces of Wimbledon and the US Open. 在澳网输给Ivanovic.法网输给Pennetta後 大威准备了最佳状态迎接快速场地的温网.美网 At Wimbledon, Williams would fail to drop a single set, winning the ladies' final by overpowering and outserving her sister and 2003 Wimbledon champion Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4. Williams would finish the year by winning nine matches in a row to take titles indoors at Zurich, Switzerland and at the WTA Tour's year ending championships at Doha, Qatar. 在温网 大威未失一盘夺冠 打败了自己的妹妹也是前冠军Serena Williams 最终还用九连胜结束赛季 夺下苏黎世跟年终赛冠军 At the US Open, Williams would say she was playing her best tennis. After watching Williams power indoors, hitting aces at will, I would agree. 在美网 大威说他正在打出他最好的网球 在看过大威的充满力的室内赛季 随心所欲的发出一个又一个ace 我感到相当同意 Some might say the WTA Tour world number one Jelena Jankovic of Serbia had a more consistent year than Williams, winning four WTA Tour titles. But what is an elite tennis player without a grand slam title? 有些人或许会说Jankovic发挥得更稳定 赢下四座冠军 但你怎麽能说没拿过半个大满贯冠军的人是脱颖而出的佼佼者? In men's tennis, world number one, Nadal raced to eight ATP Tour titles after beginning the year with a semifinal loss to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France at the Australian Open. At the French Open, the lefthander would lose only four games in the final match, beating world number two Roger Federer of Switzerland 6-1, 6-3, 6-0. Then only a few days later at the Wimbledon final with light fading at the end of the match, Nadal again downed Federer 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5-7), 6-7(8-10), 9-7. To cap off his spectacular year, Nadal would take gold in men's singles at the Beijing Olympics. Among his career records, Nadal has won the French Open the last four years, never losing an attempt at Paris in his career. Nadal has also never lost a best of five set claycourt match in 43 five set matches on clay. But this year with his newfound prowess on grass and hardcourts, Nadal proved to be much more than the best claycourt player of all time. -- --

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