King and Shvedova: Chemistry is everything - 亞網 Tennis

剛在美網官網看到這篇對女雙衛冕冠軍金雪娃組合的報導，
覺得寫得蠻不錯的，貼來和大家分享。

原來兩人無論在場內和場外的關係都非常好(因為很多雙打組合傳不和)，
Shvedova說她們兩人一直支持對方，從未吵架；
然後金久慈也說對方是自己最好的朋友之一，而且兩人很有默契。

今年暑假Shvedova也是住在金久慈家裡(雖然金在別地比賽)，
雖然兩人在不同地方比賽但還是會掛念對方。

真高興看到這對組合的友好關係，希望她倆能繼續合作爭取好成績！

Defending US Open women’s doubles champions Vania King and Yaroslava
Shvedova are well on their way to winning a second straight title at Flushing
Meadows. Having missed out on playing the first part of the season together
due to Shvedova having a knee injury, the two are seeded third at this year’
s Open, and have not dropped a set en route to reaching the quarterfinals. “
It feels really good to be back here,” King told USOpen.org. “We played a
great first match and had a lot of fun. That’s what we did last year so we’
re just taking it one match at a time.”

Shvedova, nicknamed "Slava," admitted to being anxious when the two took the
court for their first-round match this past Tuesday. “I was a little nervous
because we didn’t know our opponents and how they would play,” said
Shvedova. “Sometimes I forget how good Vania and I are together and how we
can play. We have good chemistry and we’re playing well. Everything is
working out, and we’re winning.”

Their compatibility on-court is just as translucent when the two are together
off-court, creating a winning formula. In addition to capturing two Grand
Slam titles, King and Shvedova qualified for the year-end WTA Championships
in Qatar last year, have been ranked as high as No. 3 and No. 4 respectively,
and were the top seeds at Wimbledon in June. “We have such an easygoing
relationship. We never fight and always support each other,” said Shvedova.

Although Shvedova is six inches taller than King, the two emulate twin-like
qualities, evident by King’s description of their close friendship. “She’s
one of my best friends. She always knows what I’m going to do before I do
it. Like, she’ll know I’m going to lose something and will pick it up and
put it in a place I’ll find it. Then I’ll think, ‘Oh I found it,’ but
then I realize it was her who put it there for me to locate.”

King and Shvedova reached the semifinals at the French Open, but were unable
to repeat their 2010 performance at the All England Club, falling in the
second round of Wimbledon. After leaving London, the two took different paths
to prepare for the summer hard-court season. King played World TeamTennis for
three weeks with the Sacramento Capitals, helping the Caps qualify for the
playoffs. “I played World TeamTennis again. It wasn’t meant to be my full
preparation for the summer but it sort of turned out that way,” King said. “
I was a bit tired after so I wanted some time to prepare for the summer
events, so I didn’t start again until San Diego.”

Meanwhile, Shvedova trained in Florida, staying at King’s home. “When I was
doing my preparation for the US Open Series in Florida, I stayed at her place
but she wasn’t there,” said the Kazakhstani.

“I was thinking about her and being in her home, missing her. Then when I
left to play a tournament, she came back. She’s a very great girl. I always
miss her when we’re playing at different events.”

The two rejoined forces in Cincinnati and played solid throughout the
tournament to win their first title of the season, edging Natalie Grandin and
Vladimira Uhlirova 6-4, 3-6, 11-9 in the final. It was their first title
since hoisting the trophy in New York last year, providing an extra boost of
confidence heading into this year’s Open. “We had matches we won which is
always nice,” said King. “The final was really tough. It was good for
confidence to come here with a string of wins. But we go on court with the
priority to have fun and enjoy being out there, because that’s when we play
our best.”

Prior to beginning their US Open campaign, King and Shvedova planned on
spending their two days off together in the city, but Hurricane Irene had
other ideas. The Saturday and Sunday when the hurricane was here were our two
days off. Vania was really mad, haha,” revealed Shvedova. “On Saturday
before the hurricane arrived, I came to the grounds to practice. I called
Vania at 10 am to see if she was coming, and she said, 'Uhhhh, I’m
sleeping!' I was like, 'Oh sorry, I didn’t know.' She responded, 'I decided
not to come!'”

It’s safe to say King hasn’t been asleep on court. The 22-year-old
dominated Jarmila Gajdosova in an impressive second-round singles
performance, dropping two games in 62 minutes of play. She faced off against
world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki on Arthur Ashe Stadium in the third round,
losing 6-2, 6-4 to the Dane.

Though she had already played two doubles matches with Shvedova prior to
bowing out to Wozniacki (as well as a loss in mixed doubles with Rohan
Bopanna), balancing singles and doubles isn’t a problem for King, who
credits an open line of communication with Shvedova for making it easy to
find equilibrium with the two disciplines. “I think we do a good job of
[communicating],” says the Boynton Beach, Florida, resident. “We discuss
with each other what our schedules are going to be like. Most of the time we
have a similar schedule, so there’s generally no conflict. There’s
occasions when the singles affects doubles, where we can’t play a particular
tournament. We know we’re good enough in doubles that it will always be
there, but singles is definitely our priority.”

King and Shvedova are showing fans why they are the defending champions,
losing just 13 games through three matches after dismissing teenage Americans
Jessica Pegula and Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-2 in the third round Monday. If
they can maintain their level of play and keep having fun, King and Shvedova
could very well become the first women’s doubles duo to win back-to-back
titles since Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez pulled off the feat in
2003-2004.

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