Evonne backs Sam to break slam duck Linda Pearce October 6, 2010 FOUR-TIME Australian Open champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley has forecast the possibility of multiple grand slam titles for Samantha Stosur, while optimistic that Melbourne Park in January will host the Queenslander's first. The caveat: Stosur's imposing physical power must be matched by continued improvement in the strength of her mind. 四屆澳網公開賽冠軍得主Evonne Goolagong，預告Sam Stosur有可能拿下更多的 大滿貫頭銜，一月份的墨爾本公園，將會為這位澳洲頭號女單，瀰漫著樂觀的氣氛。 需警惕的是：Stosur強大的力量，必須藉著持續改善她的心理抗壓性來配合。 In 1977, Goolagong Cawley was the Open's penultimate local winner, and since Chris O'Neil's surprise success the following year, Wendy Turnbull in 1980 has remained the sole home-grown Australian women's finalist. Yet Stosur will take a rare single-figure seeding to Melbourne Park next year when competition starts for the season's first major trophy and a slice of the record $25 million prize pool that will provide $2.2m to each singles champion. 1977年，Goolagong是倒數第二個贏下澳網的地主選手，自從Chris O'Neil贏下隔年的 澳網冠軍後，到了1980年，只剩Wendy Turnbull這位本土選手，闖入女單澳網決賽。 然而，現今Stosur將成為澳洲稀少的女單種子，在明年的墨爾本公園，角逐此賽季第一 個重點戰役，總獎金高達兩千五百萬澳幣的澳網公開賽，單打冠軍能獲得兩百二十萬元。 ''Sam gets a little bit shaky when it comes to final matches, so that's just a little glitch that she needs to get over, and once she does that I think there'll be no stopping her,'' said Goolagong Cawley at yesterday's Open launch. ''I noticed that even from the Fed Cup days she has improved a lot. She's actually slimmed down a lot, and she's a lot fitter, her footwork's a lot better - she still needs to improve a little more on her footwork - but she has improved greatly and I think she's proved to herself that she can go far in grand slam tournaments. So now she just has to pull herself together for those final matches; that's something that she has to really work hard on. But I think she's capable of doing it.'' Goolagong表示，"Sam在決賽中會變得有點動搖，這是一個她必須去克服的小毛病， 而一但她做到，就沒什麼能阻擋她了。我注意到從聯邦盃後，她有很大的改變，變得 較瘦，打法也有大幅度的調整，她的移位變得更快更好，雖還有加強的空間，但整體 來說進步很多，我認為她能證明自己在大滿貫賽事中走得更遠。現在她必須努力去適 應決賽的氛圍，目前對她來說或許不太容易，但我認為她有能力做到。" 標題殺人法～連續首輪掰後還有前輩敢幫她背書， 請Sam好心點，不要再辜負大家的期待了.......。 --

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