http://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/article3566000.ece
Clijsters ready for her final Wimbledon fortnight
Former number one Kim Clijsters confirmed on Sunday that this edition of
Wimbledon will be her last, as the four-time Grand Slam champion prepares to
retire from the game for good after the US Open.
前球后Kim，四次大滿貫冠軍得主，禮拜日確認今年將是最後一次參加溫網，她將在美網
過後正式退休
“I’m too old to play the game that I want to play physically,” Clijsters
said.
在體能上，我已經太老了以至於無法打出我想要的水準
“I’ve put my body through enough strain and everything. The lifestyle I’ve
had for the last 15-20 years. It’s been great. I wouldn’t change it for a
thing,” she said.
我已經讓自己的身體經歷夠多的傷痛，這樣的生活型態已經持續15~20年了
“But I’m not going to be the type of player that’s going to change the way
I play or the way that I move. I naturally have that strong movement,
powerful shots, and that’s been able to have me on top of women’s tennis.
但我不會去改變打法或是移位。迅速步伐和強力的攻擊是與生俱來的，那也是我能打到女
子網壇頂尖的原因
“Physically I need to be thankful for that, but, yeah, it’s normal that that
’s not going to last 20 years.” editions.
我很幸運能有那樣的體能條件，正常來說這樣的狀況無法維持20年
Clijsters arrived in London after withdrawing as a precaution from a weekend
semifinal in the Netherlands as an old abdominal injury threatened.
Kim在抵達倫敦前，因為腹部舊傷復發，退出荷蘭四強的比賽
“It was the left abdominal muscle that I pulled, that I tore last year in
Toronto. It started to flare up a little bit again and I decided not to risk
it by playing the semis,” said Clijsters.
我拉到左邊腹部的肌肉，就是去年在多倫多所受的撕裂傷。它又有點發作了，所以我決定
不要冒險
“I decided to pull out of the tournament to give me enough rest to be ready
for my first round here,” she said before opening against Jelena Jankovic.
我決定退出比賽，希望得到充足的休息時間以準備好面對第一輪(對JJ)的比賽
“It will be tough. We’ve had some tough battles in the past. I look forward
to it. Not being seeded, obviously it’s possible that you draw a high seed
(18th). So you have to be ready from the first match onwards.” The Belgian
said that after playing the London Olympics and the Open in New York her life
will change dramatically.
這將會是一場很困難的比賽，我們以前打過一些艱難的戰役，我想這次也是如此。不當種
子的結果當然是可能在第一輪抽到大種子，所以從第一輪就必須準備好。Kim也說在奧運和
美網過後她的生活型態會有很大的改變
“My husband and I, we’d like to expand our family. We would like to have
more kids. I own a tennis facility in Belgium that we’re renovating at the
moment. That’s going to be a place where I’m going to be spending a lot of
time, and I look forward to that,” said Clijsters.
老公和我想要有更多的家庭成員，屆時我在比利時的網球中心也將重新改造，我將會花
更多時間在那邊，我非常期待
“But I don’t think I’m going to be teaching tennis eight hours a day. But
if I can help juniors, some up and coming players to give my experience, then
I would be more than happy to help out.”
但我應該不會一天在那教8小時的網球，不過我可以藉由經驗分享，幫助一些青少年小
選手，我很樂意去做這些事
Kim加油!!