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贏得最重要的五項比賽中的三個 而Venus Williams獲得了他的第五個溫網則為他賺進年度最佳球員獎 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已經完全踏入職業網壇12年 但他從未在上半年贏過大滿貫 所以他再度於下半年狀態達到巔峰並不令我意外 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. 在澳網輸給Ivanovic.法網輸給Pennetta後 大威準備了最佳狀態迎接快速場地的溫網.美網 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. 在溫網 大威未失一盤奪冠 打敗了自己的妹妹也是前冠軍Serena Williams 最終還用九連勝結束賽季 奪下蘇黎世跟年終賽冠軍 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. 在美網 大威說他正在打出他最好的網球 在看過大威的充滿力的室內賽季 隨心所欲的發出一個又一個ace 我感到相當同意 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? 有些人或許會說Jankovic發揮得更穩定 贏下四座冠軍 但你怎麼能說沒拿過半個大滿貫冠軍的人是脫穎而出的佼佼者? 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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