Roddick將與小威搭檔出戰混雙! - 網球

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January 15, 2012, 11:05 pm
Serena Williams Finds New Doubles Partner in Roddick
By BEN ROTHENBERG

MELBOURNE, Australia — Though she is without her sister Venus in Melbourne,
Serena Williams has found a new doubles partner for the Australian Open: her
longtime friend Andy Roddick.

雖然姐姐大威不在墨爾本 但小威找到了新的雙打搭檔 - 他的老友 Andy Roddick

“Book it, it’s real!” she posted on Twitter upon announcing the agreement
to play mixed doubles in Australia. The two had previously announced their
intentions to partner with each other in the new mixed-doubles event at the
London Olympics this summer.

"快記起來 這是真的!"小威在twitter上這樣打
Andy跟Serena都曾在twitter上確認他們將一起參加奧運的混雙比賽

Williams, who has won 12 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister, has not
played competitive mixed doubles since the Hopman Cup in 2008, winning the
team competition with Mardy Fish. Early in her career, Williams played mixed
doubles at the four major events frequently, and with considerable success,
winning Wimbledon and the United States Open in 1998 with the Belarussian Max
Mirnyi. After she won her maiden Grand Slam title at the 1999 United States
Open, however, Williams restricted her Slam workload to singles and sporadic
women’s doubles with Venus.

小威拿過12座大滿貫雙打冠軍 上一次出戰混雙是2008年霍普曼盃 與Mardy Fish搭檔奪冠
早年他也經常參加混雙比賽 拿過1998的溫網和美網
但自從1999美網奪得單打首冠後 小威將重心放在單打 偶爾與姐姐打打雙打

“I think it will be really fun,” Williams said of the partnership with
Roddick.

“I actually practiced next to Andy, but we were both so focused on our
singles practice that I didn’t even get to talk to him too much today.

“I hit the worst volley today and I was a little worried. I was like, ‘He
might want to get a new partner.’ We’ll see how it goes.”

小威說: "一定會很好玩! 今天我就在他隔壁練習 但我們訓練都專注在單打
我甚至今天沒跟他講到很多話 我今天打了一個糟透了的截擊
我還擔心他會不會想找個新搭檔了 看看接下來表現怎樣吧!"

Roddick has not played doubles of any kind at a Grand Slam event since
Wimbledon in 2001, and he has never played mixed at a sanctioned tournament.
His only experience playing the format has come in World TeamTennis and
exhibition matches.

Roddick從2001之後就沒在大滿貫沒過雙打了 也從來沒參加過混雙
唯一的混雙經驗是在WTT的表演賽

“I think it will be fun,” Roddick said Sunday. “I want to be sure to do
over the next couple years some of the things that I’ve always wanted to but
haven’t been able to do. Serena and I have been friends for a really long
time.”

Roddick說: "我覺得一定會很好玩 接下來這幾年我想做一些
我一直以來都想做但沒機會做的事情 Serena跟我真的是超久的麻吉了"

Shortly before Williams announced their Australian Open partnership on
Twitter in September, Roddick tweeted a photo of himself and Williams, a
27-time Grand Slam champion, with the message, “I love this girl.”

小威在九月宣布這消息之後 Roddick馬上就傳了一張他跟小威的合照
還附帶說 "我愛這女孩!"

http://mit.zenfs.com/218/2011/09/roddick-serena.jpg

Asked if she was in the mixed-doubles tournament to win it, Williams replied
in the affirmative, grinning. “I am,” she said. “And he better be.”

被問到參賽的目標是不是奪冠 小威回答: "當然! 他最好也是!"



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