Venus Williams regains Whirlpool’s 6TH SENSE Player of the Year Award for 2009 Grand Slam champion becomes the first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour player to win back to back awards Doha, 30th October 2009: Venus Williams, the current Grand Slam doubles, Wimbledon, Australian Open and US Open champion, has become the first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour player to consecutively win the Whirlpool 6th SENSE Player of the Year Award. 現任澳網.溫網.美網雙打冠軍Venus Williams成為首位能連續兩年奪得 Whirlpool年度第六感球員獎的選手 The Award honours the player who has demonstrated the most intuitive play during the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. It was presented to Venus by Whirlpool’s Silvano Oneto, Regional Director, Export Division, at the Doha round of the Tour, in Qatar. 這個獎項是頒給本年度中在比賽中展現最多直覺性表現的選手 由Silvano Oneto在Doha代表頒獎 Venus becomes the first player to win back to back awards, and joins former world number one Justine Henin [2005 and 2007] as the only other player to win the award twice. Maria Sharapova [2006] is the only other player to win the Award since its introduction in 2005. Venus成為首位連續兩年獲獎的選手 並且與Justine Henin一同成為兩屆得獎人 另外Maria Sharapova也在2006年獲獎過 Venus was one of 10 players short-listed via an online competition organised by Whirlpool, Premier Sponsor of the Tour. Tennis fans were invited to visit www.whirlpool.eu or www.sonyericssonwtatour.com and vote for the player they felt best displayed 6th Sense attributes of precision, control, intuition and sensitivity in their play. Votes from fans poured in for Venus following her dominant displays and inspired Grand Slam doubles wins at Wimbledon and the US open, helping to attract more votes than world number two Dinara Safina and Nadia Petrova. Venus是網站票選中的十位候選人之一 網球球迷們可以在網站上面投票決定誰在比賽中展現出最多的第六感 包括準確性.控制力.直覺反應.敏銳度 Venus主宰性的打法.優異的大滿貫雙打表現吸引了更多球迷投票給他 超過了Dinara Safina以及Nadia Petrova Picking up the award, Venus said: “It’s a great honour to win the Whirlpool 6th SENSE Player of the Year Award and become the first consecutive winner. This year has been another great one for me and I really appreciate the European fans’ continued support. Tour players, including the young stars of the future, are pushing standards ever higher. The difference between winning and losing is often a moment of intuition when the perfect shot becomes a reality.” Venus說:"能贏下第六感球員獎 並成為首位連續兩年得獎者真的是很大的榮耀 今年對我來說也是很傑出的一年 我很感謝歐洲球迷們持續的支持 選手們 包括未來的新星們都在提高競爭的標準 輸與贏之間的差別有時就在於靠著直覺把完美的一擊實現" Venus’s double-handed backhand is renowned on the Tour as being her speciality and it was this devastating shot against Agnieszka Radwanska in Miami that excited the fans to register their vote for their 6TH SENSE player of the Year 2009. Venus set up her opponent with a wonderful cross-court forehand before driving the backhanded winner down the line past her opponent. Venus的雙手反拍一直是他的特點 在Miami對上Radwanska的比賽中更是扮演關鍵角色 讓球迷們更有動力去註冊投票給Venus Venus有一球在打出一個正拍斜線之後反拍凌空抽球打出一個直線的致勝球 On presenting the award to Venus, Silvano Oneto said, “Venus is a great champion and I am delighted the European fans have recognised her outstanding ability. Top players demonstrate how important intuition is in their repertoire of skills, just as Whirlpool demonstrates the importance of 6TH SENSE technology in its innovative products. It is with deep pleasure that we present this award to Venus Williams.” 頒獎人Silvano Oneto說: "Venus是位偉大的冠軍 我很高興歐洲球迷們能夠看到她傑出的能力 頂尖選手展現出了直覺在所有球技中扮演多麼重要的角色 就像Whirlpool在新開發的產品中強調了第六感科技的重要性 我們真的很高興頒獎給Venus Williams" -- --

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