[新聞] 今年WTT 莎娃首場
Maria Sharapova returns to court in U.S. for World Team Tennis opener
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CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Maria Sharapova is realistic as she tries to regain her
form after a 15-month drug suspension.
"I think no road is easy," Sharapova said Sunday before a World Team Tennis
match.
「沒有路是輕鬆的。」
Sharapova played for the Orange County Breakers in their season-opening match
against the defending champion San Diego Aviators at the La Costa Resort and
Spa. It was Sharapova's first appearance in the U.S. since testing positive for
meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open.
She returned to the court in April and played three tournaments in Europe. In
her first event, the Russian star reached the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
semifinals. A thigh injury prevented Sharapova from competing in the grass-
court season that ended at Wimbledon on Sunday. But now she's fit and ready for
a summer run, hoping to cap it at the U.S. Open.
"It's nice to have a schedule again and something that I really miss, having
a tournament on the schedule and a calendar and knowing what I have to prepare
for," Sharapova said.
「有行程真好，而且我是很想要做的事－
有要參加的賽事在行程表和日曆上，
而且知道我必須為此準備。」
When her initial two-year ban was reduced to 15 months, some questioned if
Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion, was given beneficial treatment.
"I served the suspension period and I think there's not much more that I could
add to that," Sharapova said.
「我受禁賽處分也接受了，
我想我不需要在多說。」
Ken Macdonald, one of Sunday's spectators, welcomed her return.
"She's good for women's tennis," Macdonald said. "She deserves a second
chance."
But Sharapova also hears her detractors claiming she got a pass. Sharapova, one
of the world's most recognizable female athletes, said that she's answering her
critics by showing up.
"I think just by doing what I do, and that's playing tennis," she said. "That's
what I wanted to do from the very beginning. I've done it. I've always had the
choice of not doing it. I have had a lot in my career. I've had the support.
"As someone who is 30 years old, I achieved enough to call it a day. But
there's something deeper. It's more than just the sport. It's something I've
done all my life and my career. I wanted to continue that. That's where my
focus is and not much else."
「我想就做我該做的吧，就是打網球。
這是我一開始就很想做的事。
我一直都有不要做的選擇權。
職業生涯我擁有很多，
我有支持。
身為一個年紀已30，我做了很多。
但有更深層的事。不僅僅是這項運動而已。
那是我生命和職業一直以來在做的事。
我想要繼續，這是我聚焦的地方，而不是其他事情。」
Sharapova said her schedule leading to the U.S. Open will include another WTT
appearance and WTA Tour stops at Stanford and Toronto. She declined to predict
how she would fare at the U.S. Open, the year's final Grand Slam event.
"It's not something that I think about; it's not part of my job," she said. "
Just because I have to be realistic that I haven't played in a long time. With
the injury, it was almost like a two-year break for me. The importance and
significance of every tournament is much more in my mind than what I can or
cannot do at the U.S. Open."
莎娃拒絕預測她會不會受美網青睞而出席。
「這不是我該想的事；這不是我的工作。
因為我必須對於有段時間沒打比賽而考量現實。
受傷對我來說就像2年長假一樣。
每項賽事的重要性，在我心中都比我可不可以打美網，
還來得重要。」
Which brought her back to the WTT and the La Costa Resort, where she won twice
when it was WTA Tour stop.
"This was a great little addition to my schedule," she said. "I hadn't actually
planned on playing World Team Tennis but I just thought I could use the bonus
matches as I like to call them. Play in front of the crowds and come back to
places that I've competed at before."
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Orange County Breakers @ San Diego Aviators
Breakers Orange County
Rick Leach - Coach
Maria Sharapova
Andreja Klepac
Teymuraz Gabashvili
Ken Skupski
Aviators San Diego
Darija Jurak
Shelby Rogers
Raven Klaasen
Ryan Harrison
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