※ 引述《vswfan (胖)》之銘言： : Be serene Serena: Capriati : January 2, 2004 : The Daily Telegraph : Serena Williams has 80 million reasons to reclaim her position as the queen of : women's tennis. : But a player who knows a little about the effects of personal trauma on perform : ance yesterday offered the youngest Williams sister a gentle word of advice in : the lead-up to the first grand slam of the season at Melbourne Park. : Jennifer Capriati, who endured a celebrated period of mental torture as she fou : ght back from the effects of depression, drug use and a long period out of the : game, said Williams could find her comeback to tennis emotionally draining when : she defends her Australian Open title from January 19. : "Be kind to yourself," was Capriati's heartfelt message to her fellow American. : "The most important thing (for Serena) will be to be mentally and physically ma : tch tough. : "You can practise all you want, but there is nothing like the real thing. To ge : t into the frame of mind of dominating and being confident is tough ... it isn' : t going to be easy for her." : Williams, 22, has signed an $US80million ($108million five-year contract to be : the face and body of Nike. Under the Nike deal, she will not only wear the late : st tennis fashions, she will also help design them. : But the Australian Open will be her first tournament since knee surgery in Augu : st and, more importantly, the shooting murder in Los Angeles of elder sister Ye : tunde. : They say time heals all wounds, but a gammy knee is easier to come back from th : an total despair. : After winning back-to-back Wimbledon titles and holding the world No.1 ranking : until September, Serena has dropped to No.3 behind the brilliant Belgians, Just : ine Henin-Hardenne and Kim Clijsters. : Winner in five of the last six grand slam championships, Williams is due to fly : into Australia on January 15. : She will go into the Open without a lead-in event so she will not only have to : regain form and confidence but also adjust to the energy-sapping temperatures o : f an Australian summer, where the mercury often rises above 40C on court. : Williams is looking only toward the future and to getting back to what she love : s and does best. : "I'm feeling really good riding my bike and running," she said recently. : "I did not realise how much my sister (who has been sidelined with an abdominal : muscle strain) and myself have been missed on tour. : "It has been great to have the fans so supportive and I'm doing as good as I ca : n for right now. Everything is a day at a time." : The multi-million dollar Nike clothing contract could be just the incentive for : Williams to reclaim her crown in women's tennis. : "Serena has had a horrible year with the tragic shooting death of her elder sis : ter Yetunde and her knee injury," said Australian Open chief executive Paul McN : amee. : "She has had a real life change in the last six months. Only Serena will know h : ow the death of her sister has affected her." : 哪為大哥可以幫我翻譯？ 感激不盡 以下是本人的不負責任翻譯 Serena Williams有八千萬個理由足以再次宣告她在女子網壇天后級的地位。 但有個對於心靈上的創傷會對一個人的表現有什麼影響略有所知的球員 昨天在澳洲公開賽前的暖身賽事對小威提出溫和的建議.Jennifer Capriati, 經歷了忍受成名時期時心智上的折磨,吸毒等事件消失再球場上好一段時期後， 擺脫低潮又再度重返巔峰。 "小威會再一月十九日開始衛冕她的澳網冠軍時，宣洩掉情緒上的低潮 再度重回賽場的" '對自己好一點"這是Capriati對她的同胞後輩由衷的建議 對小威最重要的一件事是心理與生理上的都調適到最好的狀態" 你可以做所有你所希望的練習, 但沒有任何練習能與真實狀況一樣。 達到最佳的心理狀態與信心是非常艱難的, 而現在這對她來說並不是那麼的容易' 今年22歲的小威和Nike簽訂了一紙8000萬美金的合約， 在這只契約中她不只是要穿上Nike 最新的網球時尚裝扮，她也將參與設計。 但澳網是她自去年動了八月膝傷手術後，也是她姐姐在洛杉磯被謀殺後 他首次參加的巡迴賽事. 人們說時間能治癒一切的傷口，但是恢復健壯的膝蓋遠比 從絕望中走出還來的容易。 在連續獲得兩年的溫布頓錦標並一直到九月都力保世界第一的頭銜後，Serena的世界 排名掉到今年大放異彩的兩位比利時小將Henin-Hardenne與 Kim Clisters之後位 居世界第三。 最近的六次大滿貫賽事中贏的了五次冠軍的小威即將於一月十五日飛往澳洲 威廉斯將在不參加任何熱身賽事的狀況下開始他今年的第一個大滿貫賽事。 這意味著他不只要在場上氣溫經常高達攝氏四十度的澳洲夏日下重獲信心還要調整 自己至充滿精力狀態。 "我在做腳踏車及做跑步練習時都感覺很棒"小威近來受訪時說 ' 我不清楚我姐姐(大威去年腹肌扭傷後就一直未曾參賽)和我在巡迴賽中 錯過了多少東西.但一直有球迷對我如此支持的感覺很棒，而我現在盡可能的做到 我所能做到的" 價值數億的nike服裝合約也是威連絲姊妹去再次宣告她們是女子網壇霸主的原因。 "在經歷了他的膝傷及他大姐的被槍殺的事件後，去年對Serena是難熬的一年" 澳洲公開賽的執行長說。 "她在過去的六個月裡生活起了極大的變化，只有serena才知道他姐姐的死 對她影響有多大" 大小威都加油吧....明年女網就看你們的囉!! --

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