印地安泉第二輪 vs. Vera Dushevina - 瑪麗亞·莎拉波娃 Sharapova

完整的，只是摘要個大概意思。

http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=61993

March 12, 2010

M. SHARAPOVA/V. Dushevina
4-6, 7-5, 6-2

An interview with:MARIA SHARAPOVA

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. Back against the wall there? Two points from defeat.
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yeah.

Q. You rallied pretty hard.
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I started really slow. You know, I was
kind of giving her the match, to be honest, and wasn't
doing anything well, just making errors.

But to be honest, I think it was good for me to have one of
these matches. I felt like maybe in the same situation I
had those opportunities against Kirilenko in Australia and
didn't win those few points.

And being down today 15 30, she's two points away from
winning the match, you know, I turned things around. So I
can only look ahead and definitely started playing better
towards the end of the match, and that's what counts the
most.


Q. Yeah. It seemed like once you just got the game, that
you managed to push. Your level went way up after that.

MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yeah, um, everything was kind of in slow
motion in the beginning. You know, felt good going in and
just sometimes that's just the way it goes.

And like I said, I think it'll help me in the future. I
haven't had one of those matches where I've been really
close but haven't been able to change things around, so
that was good to have that.
剛開局時太慢熱了，但這樣的比賽對以後也會有幫助。


Q. How is your health right now and the overall state of
your game? Are you getting closer to where you want to be?

MARIA SHARAPOVA: Absolutely. You know, I mean, I've
certainly put in the work and I've you know, I'm definitely
not short of that. Maybe, you know, short of matches
outdoors a little bit.

But, you know, I'm ready to take on, you know, any matches
that come my way, and hopefully there will be many this
year. Yeah.
Q.現在健康狀態如何呢？整體的狀態如何？有比較接近理想狀態了嗎？
答：有的，希望今年還有很多比賽可以打，已經準備好應付各種狀況。


Q. How close are you to being where you were before, do you
think, in your game?

MARIA SHARAPOVA: To be honest, if there's a scale and I
have to say where I was before, I really wouldn't know, you
know. I mean, I know what I'm capable of, and the only
reason why I get back on the practice court every day after
taking tough defeats is because I know I can be better than
I was and that I'm capable of, you know, becoming a better
player and winning more Grand Slams.
Q.現在有多接近巔峰狀態呢？
答：沒有衡量的標準，但知道自己的能耐在哪，也知道自己可以更
進步，可以贏得更多大滿貫，所以才會在難堪的敗仗後努力回到場
上。


Q. What were your emotions, not immediately following the
match in Australia, but in the days that followed? What
kinds of things were you feeling?

MARIA SHARAPOVA: You know what, you can ask my team. I was
back on the court in three or four days, and I just started
working and working on my fitness and my game.
Q.澳網後有什麼感覺？不是當下的，是更之後的時間中。
答：大概三四天內就回到球場上了，只是努力練習、健身。


Q. Were you pissed? Were you frustrated?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I was disappointed. It's not it's
certainly not easy leaving the first day of the Grand Slam,
but it's life. It was bound to happen one day or another,
and that's the way things go.

But, you know, I'm fortunate to have a life that I can come
back home to and appreciate what I've already achieved in
my life, and still have the desire to go out and try to do
more. You know, there's not a doubt in my mind that I
didn't want to go back out there and have better.
Q.有生氣或者沮喪嗎？
答：我是很失望，大滿貫第一天就出局可不好過，但這種事情就是會
發生。但我也很幸運能回家過尋常的生活，也感激自己已經成就的一
切，並且還有重回球場再試試看的渴望。我沒懷疑過自己想回到球場
上更進一步的念頭。


Q. Memphis obviously must have been good just to get the
title, but coming into this tournament and Miami, I would
think getting a lot of matches and competing against the
best again has got to be something you really want to do.

MARIA SHARAPOVA: No. 1 goal, yeah, is to get the matches
and, you know, matches like this, as well. I think this
will only help me, and, you know, when I'm pushed and have
to find a way to win.
It's never easy when you're maybe things are not going as
you planned or you lose early a few times, and you have to,
you know, find ways to get back out there. There's no real
secret. It's just about going out there and doing it. The
more matches you play, the easier it becomes.
Q.Memphis 顯然是滿好的體驗，但來到這兩項大賽，跟最優秀的球員
競爭，想必是妳真正想體驗的事情吧。
答：想成為第一，就必須經歷過這樣的比賽，想辦法通過這樣的考驗
、贏球。當事情不如預期時，或者幾次太早出局時，還是得想辦法回
到場上，就是必須身體力行，這沒什麼秘辛。打越多越能應付。


Q. When you play in this country, do you feel almost like
you have a home court advantage? Even tonight you have got
a lot of fan support. You're a very popular player here and
across America. Does that help out out there?

MARIA SHARAPOVA: I'm certainly grateful for all the
support. I've lived in this country since I was seven years
old. Most of my friends live here and my family lives here.
I've certainly embraced the country and the culture and
everything about it.

You know, playing here certainly makes me feel comfortable,
because California is one of my second homes. So it's just
a drive away for me, and it's always a warm welcome.
Q.在這裡打球會有自己像是地主球員的感覺嗎？像今天的球迷就很支
持妳，這會有幫助嗎？
答：我很感激這些支持，畢竟我從七歲就住在這邊，我多數的朋友、
家人都在這邊，我當然很樂意接受這個國家、文化跟一切。
在這裡比賽讓我覺得很舒服，因為加州等於是我第二個家之一了。


Q. How do you assess your spot in the draw and looking
ahead?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I mean, a draw is a draw. You know,
there's a draw every almost every week, and it's just about
going out there and winning matches no matter what the draw
is.
Q.對籤表有什麼看法呢？
答：不管籤表怎樣，還是得上場比賽、贏球。


Q. You don't look ahead to see who you potentially will
play? You just worry about each match as they come?

MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yeah, pretty much. I'm not so
superstitious that I don't look who's in my side of the
draw or stuff like that.
You can't really worry too much who is in third or fourth
or second round until you get there. That's really the
truth.
Q.不會觀察可能的對手嗎？只是專注在下一個對手？
答：差不多是那樣，也不是因為迷信。只是不能想太多之後的事情，
等碰到再說吧，真的是這樣。


Q. Are you at the point now where the shoulder is so good
where you can say to yourself, I just want matches; I want
to play; I need titles; I know where I want my level is; I
can play here, Miami, then more on the clay; just get me
out there; get me on court and let's see what happens?

MARIA SHARAPOVA: I mean, at a certain point I am. Sometimes
if I take like five days off or something and I come out,
you know, or I'll play like practice matches with guys and
stuff and they come out and they warm up their serves and
they're swinging away 120 miles per hour, I'm like and I'm
hitting like 50 mile serves to warm up, then I think to
myself, I'm like, I don't think it will ever be the same,
because I can't just go out there and hit a serve out of
nowhere that I could have maybe when I was younger.
So those are kind of the things that you monitor. You don't
play for a little bit, you go back out there, you know, and
the first few days it's a little stiff. You have to warm
things up.

You know, the conditions change. It doesn't always feel
100%. So I think once you have obviously I've never had
anything like that before, so it's a whole new experience
for me.

But I will tell you one thing: I'm in a much better place
than I was here last year.
Q.現在的肩膀狀態可以讓妳為所欲為了嗎？
答：某方面來說是吧。狀況是不太一樣了，不會總是感覺百分百良好
。但很肯定的說，我比去年此時好多了。

Q. Reflect on that. You came back to play doubles.
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Crazy. Crazy.

Q. Just because you wanted to get back on court essentially?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yeah, and, you know, I was it was at about
the time where I started practicing again, and I just
wanted to see how the arm was in competition because it's
never the same as it is in practice.
Yeah, after the doubles I still knew that it would be a
little while.
Q.去年還回來打雙打，只是因為妳想回賽場上嗎？
答：是阿，那大概是我剛開始恢復練習的時候，我想看看肩膀在競爭
狀態下會如何，那跟練習會不一樣。那場比賽之後，我知道還需要點
時間。

Q. As I told you earlier, I cover the Lakers, and I was
wondering, your expectations of them right now.
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Oh, goodness. Please don't ask me those
questions.
Q.我也有報導湖人的消息，所以…妳對他們現在有什麼期望嗎？
答：噢，拜託，不要問我這種問題啦。

(http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=397742&page=74
都愛相隨來陪練了，要記者不問太為難人了。XDrz)


Q. I mean, as a fan, right? Don't you think they should be
better, too?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Let me just tell you the last couple weeks
when he was out saved me a few heartbeats, so... (laughter.)
I don't you know, I don't know. I just watch and I enjoy
and, you know, I'm proud to know that there is someone else
who comes home and works just as hard as I do even harder
to be out there and to play. It's inspiring as well.
Q.就以球迷的角度嘛，不覺得他們應該要更好的嗎？
答：我不曉得，我就祇是看比賽、享受比賽而已，也很榮幸知道有人
跟我一樣努力，甚至更努力想回到場上比賽，也很令人振奮。


Q. I bet you have expectations, too. Like, Hey, you have to
do this again, right?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: You know, I sometimes become a little bit
of an expert, but that's just my personality.

Q. When you came back, did you really sort of come full
circle? And you were conscious of where you were a year ago
and where you are today?

MARIA SHARAPOVA: When I came here this year? Oh, yeah. Last
year was it was just to see I mean, I knew that I was
nowhere close to 100%, but I wanted to feel things out
again.

I mean, after you're away for so long, it's kind of a
nightmare going out and to a treatment room and practice
facility and just keep doing the same thing, hoping you're
going to get better and you never really know when.
Obviously it's pretty cool to be back here and being pretty
healthy.
Q.有想起去年的狀況嗎？跟現在對照？
答：去年只是試試看，我知道自己當時的狀態還不夠好。離開球場那
麼久，一直反覆回到治療室、練習設備中，一直做同樣的事情就跟惡
夢一樣，只能希望自己有進步，但卻無法知道什麼時候準備好。能健
康回來真的很好。


Q. As you know, playing out here can be a little difficult,
because when you started, for example, your match today, it
was warm, and then the temperature drops 20, 30 degrees.
How do you prepare for that? You'd probably rather play
during the day than at night because it's a totally
different atmosphere.

MARIA SHARAPOVA: You can't really prepare for that.
Mentally you know that that's going to happen and things
are going to slow down and you might not get as many
winners, aces as you'd like, so you have to be a little bit
more smarter and know that points are going to be longer
and whatnot. You maybe have a few, you know, different
tensions in your bag just to help yourself out, but you
just have to be prepared.

also with the shadows, I mean, this is an outdoor
tournament. That's what you get. We know that coming into
it.
Q.這裡的天候狀況變化多端，妳有做什麼準備嗎？
答：其實沒辦法準備，但心理上得明白可能會有這些狀況，可能沒辦
法如願打出想要的球，所以得更聰明些。


Q. So you're one of the few players that actually admits
you look at the draw. You have Zheng coming up. Can you
talk about that?

MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yeah, she's a tough opponent. Fights well,
gets a lot of balls back, makes you hit, and is a perfect
example of just having to be patient, and, you know,
knowing that exactly the right time when you should go for
it and things like that.
But she definitely I played her a few months ago in Hong
Kong. That was an exhibition. That was our preparation for
Australia, and it was a tough match. We'll see.
Q.即將碰上鄭潔，有什麼想法呢？
答：很難應付，她也很拼。


Q. Is this a fun level coming in to play with your success,
having fun, then to say I don't have to worry about my
shoulder now, I can actually enjoy it?

MARIA SHARAPOVA: Just being able to step on the line and
not worrying if you're going to throw your shoulder out at
any second, that helps a lot mentally when you're out there.
It's a great feeling. I mean, there's no doubt about it.
We're all athletes, and it's not like we wake up and
nothing hurts. I mean, we're always dealing with little
things here and there, but we don't necessarily come out
and set up a press conference to announce our little
injuries.
Q.現在是不是一個滿有趣的階段，打的很開心，還可以說不用擔心肩
膀狀態，就只是樂在其中呢？
答：光是可以不用擔心肩膀怎樣，在心理上就有很大幫助。雖然我們
都是運動員，很難有哪天起來就什麼傷痛都沒有，總是一直在處理些
小毛病。

Q. But the fun level, is that an important part of your
success, enjoying playing, besides the injury part? Just
saying this is fun for me besides I'm competitive, as well?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I mean, that's the best part about it is
it's fun. I mean, I love competing. I love going out there.
I love the moments where you have to, you know, dig deep
and find a way to win.

For me, that's since I was young, that's what it was all
about. I mean, unfortunately I was in those situations
where I could have dug deep in Australia and didn't, and
you end up losing the match and you're going home.

It's tough. But, you know, you still have to go out there.
And if you feel you can be better than you were, you are,
then I think you should go back out there and work hard.
Q.能夠樂在其中的打球，是不是成功的重要元素之一呢？除了傷病以
外的因素，就只是因為開心？
答：最棒的部分當然是這很有趣。我愛競爭，我愛上場打球的感覺，
我也愛得掙扎、找到求勝辦法的時候。從小就是這樣了，雖然像澳網
那時並不是好的結果，那很難過。但還是得回到球場上，如果覺得自
己能比以前更強，那就該回球場上更努力。


Q. What do you think has improved the most since surgery?
And I'm not talking about physically, because you spent so
much time on the practice court working on a lot of
different things. What do you think has improved the most
that you can actually bring in the matches?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I feel like I'm returning a lot better,
maybe not by today's match. I think there are many matches
that got me through the matches with my return, especially
last summer when I was wasn't serving great.

I don't know. I mean, I'm not going to spill all the beans
here. (laughter.)
Q.手術之後，進步最多的是什麼呢？我不是指生理層面的，因為妳
花這麼多時間練習，哪個部分是妳認為改善最多的？
答：我覺得接發球進步很多，也許今天的還不夠好。但復出之後有滿
多比賽，是因為接發球才能過關，尤其是去年夏天發球還不夠好時。
我不曉得，我不想說漏嘴了，哈哈。


Q. So when you see, I mean, someone like Justine have a
rough match today; we saw Kim lose sort of surprisingly in
Australia, I mean, all of you are coming back, is that sort
of what you expect to see, that they're going to stumble
from time to time?

MARIA SHARAPOVA: Everybody is coming from a little bit of a
different position in their careers and their lives, and
all of our comebacks are a little bit different. Kim had a
baby and came back and won a Grand Slam. You know, so just
because she lost in Australia can't be saying she's having
a downfall. I'd take a win at a Grand Slam second or third
tournament back any day. (laughter.)

You know, Henin who was retired and all of a sudden came
back. You know, she's a competitor and it's probably tough
sitting at home and, you know, watching everyone else
compete and knowing that you're not in the draw. I knew the
feeling for a while.

Me, someone that, you know, still has many years to go and
that's in a little bit of a different stage than those two
girls I mentioned, coming from, you know, surgery. Everyone
is in a little bit of a different spot, and I think that
makes it more interesting, you know, in a way.
Q.今天 Justine 苦戰，澳網時 Kim 意外出局，妳們這種復出的球員
，有預期就是會有這種顛簸時候嗎？
答：每個人的狀況都不一樣，我們各自休息、復出的原因也不同。Kim
生了孩子後復出，贏得美網，不能因為她輸掉澳網就說她不行了。我
也想一回來就贏得大滿貫阿，哈哈。Henin 是退休又復出，她是個鬥
士，要坐在家中看別人比賽大概很難熬吧，我就曾經有那種感覺。
我則還有好多年可打，休息的原因跟她們的狀況都不一樣。每個人
的處境都不同，某方面來說這讓情況更有趣些。


Q. Are you patient to get back to where you were?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I mean, I think when the time is going to
be right it will happen. I can only I can only do a certain
amount of things, you know, just let things happen. And if
they don't happen, then what am I going to do? I'm not just
going to drive off a cliff or something. (laughter.)

Honestly, when I'm sitting there in the press conference of
the Australia Open after you lose listening to some of
those questions, I mean, you'd think I committed a crime or
something, you know? Really.

I mean, there is a way to get somebody down, it's just
like, Go to one of those press conferences.
Q.妳有耐心回到巔峰狀態嗎？
答：我想時候到了就會發生吧，我只能說自己做了很多，努力讓好事
發生。就算沒有，又能如何呢？我又不會把車開向懸崖之類的，哈哈
。老實說，輸掉澳網比賽的記者會，我覺得自己好像是招認犯下什麼
罪似的，真的。要讓一個人很沮喪，就是去參加記者會。

Q. That damn media again.
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Just get a car and drive off the cliff. I
mean, if I let those things bother me, then I don't think
I'd ever be back after the injury. You just -- many of the
girls just have to be so strong mentally just to be out
there and competing.
Q.又是該死的媒體！(XD)
答：但如果我讓這些事情困擾著，我覺得自己沒辦法復出的。很多女
孩們得很堅強，就只是讓自已能上場比賽、競爭。


Q. But you get surprised by your own losses occasionally,
no?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I get surprises when I feel that that my
level of play wasn't where it was supposed to be. I get
more mad at the fact that I kind of let my opponent win the
match because I did something wrong, not because she did
something so well. That's always more frustrating.
I mean, today could have been a great example.
Q.但妳偶爾會驚訝於自己的失利吧？
答：當我覺得表現不如預期時，是會驚訝。但我會因為自己做錯什麼
事讓對手贏而更生氣，不會因為她打的好而生氣。前者更令人備感挫
折。

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