Player Of The Year: Serena On the 70th birthday of the ultimate WTA legend, Billie Jean King, another WTA legend - Serena Williams - has been named the WTA's Player Of The Year for the fifth time in her illustrious career. 在女網傳奇Billie Jean King的七十大壽同一天，另一位女網傳奇Serena Williams 獲頒WTA年度球員獎，這是他成就斐然的生涯中第五次獲得該獎。 PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL, USA - Was there really any doubt? She didn't just put together the best season of anyone in 2013, she put together one of the very best seasons in the history of women's tennis - and so, for the fifth time, Serena Williams is the WTA's Player Of The Year. 在2013年Serena創造了女網史上最佳的賽季之一，並因此第五度拿下WTA年度球員獎。 Williams' numbers on the year were incredible: 11 WTA titles, the most since Martina Hingis won 12 in 1997; 78 match wins, the most since Kim Clijsters won 90 in 2003; $12,385,572 in prize money, smashing the previous record of $7,923,920, set by Victoria Azarenka in 2012; and, most amazingly, her reclaiming of World No.1 on February 18 made her the oldest World No.1 in WTA history. Serena在今年的數據驚人：十一座冠軍（自Hingis在1997拿下十二座之後最多），78場 勝仗（自Clijsters在2003拿下90場後最多），年度獎金突破1238萬美金，遠超過此前由 Azarenka去年創下的792萬美金紀錄，此外最驚人的是在二月十八重登世界第一寶座，也 是WTA史上最高齡的世界第一。 Of all of her accomplishments in 2013, Williams pointed to one in particular as a stand-out memory. 在所有今年的成就中，Serena選擇了一個特別突出的經歷。 "Well, obviously the French Open was probably the thing that stands out most," she said. "I really wanted to win that for a number of years now, so that was definitely something exciting. And also being undefeated on clay was pretty exciting too. So my results on clay this year definitely stand out. "Overall I'll remember the wins, but I also want to learn from my mistakes so I don't repeat them." 「法網或許是最特別的，我真的想再贏這個冠軍好幾年了，所以當然這是特別興奮的， 能全年在土場不敗也很讓人興奮，今年在土場的成就絕對是最特別的。但整體說來雖然 我會記得這些勝利，但也想從失敗中學習，這樣就不會再犯同樣的錯。」 Not only do Williams' numbers tell the story of an historic season, but they put her in a position to make even more history in 2014 - by winning the French and US Opens this year she pushed her career haul of Grand Slams to 17, one away from Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, who both won 18, which ties them for second place in the Open Era. Steffi Graf is the Open Era leader with 22 Grand Slam titles. Serena所創下的數字不只侷限於這歷史性的一年，同時也讓他在2014有更多創下紀錄的 機會，在拿下法網、美網後，他的大滿貫數字已經推到17座，距離開放年代並列第二的 Evert與Navratilova僅有一座之遙，而Graf則以22座佔據開放年代第一寶座。 But for Williams it's always one at a time, and her sights are currently set on the Australian Open. 但Serena總是希望一步一步來，他的眼光現在放在了澳網上。 "It's never too far away," Williams said about the Happy Slam. "There will be 127 other players there who have the same thoughts as I have. I hope to be the one standing up at the end, and it's for sure my next goal, but seeing as I didn't do as well as I wanted to there the past couple of years, my goal this time is just to go a year in Australia without twisting an ankle. That's all I'm going to start with." 「冠軍之路並不遠，但還有127位選手跟我有一樣的念頭，我想要成為最後唯一的一位， 這肯定是我的下個目標，但過去幾年我沒有像我所希望的那樣有好表現，所以我這次的 第一個目標只是希望能不要在澳洲扭傷腳踝。」 And even though she only lost four matches in 2013 - and she pushed all of them to three sets, mind you - Williams still believes there's even more to add to her game. "I have some areas where I can do a lot better for next year and I look forward to it," she said. "There are a lot of things. I don't really want to discuss them, but there's definitely a lot of things I can add to my game, a multitude of things." 雖然他今年只輸了四場比賽，且全部都是三盤落敗，但Serena仍相信自己可以在球技上 有更多進步。「在某些地方我覺得我明年可以做得更好，我並不想直接討論是哪些，但 絕對有更多東西是我可以加入進來的。」 This is the fifth time Williams has won the WTA's Player Of The Year Award, having also received the honor in 2002, 2008, 2009 and 2012. Only two other players have been named the WTA's Player Of The Year five or more times, namely Graf (who won it eight times) and Navratilova (seven times). 這次是Serena生涯中第五次拿下WTA年度選手獎，過去在2002、2008、2009、2012他都曾 獲頒該獎，僅有兩位選手比他獲獎次數更多－Graf（八次）與Navratilova（七次）。 --

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