塞雷娜·威廉姆斯（Serena Williams）享有独一无二的网球职业

这位美国明星数十年来统治了WTA巡回赛，在1999年至2017年之间赢得了纪录的23个大满贯单打冠军。

Serena Williams enjoyed a one-of-a-kind tennis career, winning more Major titles than any other women’s player in the Open Era.

塞雷娜·威廉姆斯（Serena Williams）享有独一无二的网球事业，比开放时代的任何其他女球员都赢得了更多的主要冠军。

The American star dominated the WTA Tour for decades, winning a record 23 Grand Slam singles titles between 1999 and 2017.

这位美国明星数十年来统治了WTA巡回赛，在1999年至2017年之间赢得了纪录的23个大满贯单打冠军。

She completed the Career Grand Slam three times over, thanks to victories at the Australian Open (7), French Open (3), Wimbledon (7), and US Open (6)

由于澳大利亚公开赛（7），法国公开赛（3），温网（7）和美国公开赛的胜利，她完成了三次大满贯的职业大满贯。

Williams was exceptional at all four tournaments but made a name for herself at her home Major during the early stages of her career.

威廉姆斯在所有四场比赛中都表现出色，但在职业生涯的早期阶段就在自己的家专业中出名。

Just one year after making her debut at the US Open, Williams broke through at Flushing Meadows, reaching the final, where she left her opponent completely shocked.

威廉姆斯在美国公开赛上首次亮相仅一年后，在法拉盛的草地上闯入了决赛，在那里她让对手感到震惊。

Serena Williams left Martina Hingis ‘startled’ after what she said to her before the 1999 US Open final

塞雷娜·威廉姆斯（Serena Williams

Williams produced two stunning upsets on her way to the final in New York 26 years ago, knocking out top five seeds Lindsay Davenport and Monica Seles.

威廉姆斯（Williams）在26年前进入纽约决赛的路上取得了两次令人惊叹的兴趣，击败了前五名林赛·达文波特（Lindsay Davenport）和莫妮卡·塞莱斯（Monica Seles）。

1997 US Open champion Martina Hingis was her opponent in the final, someone Williams had already beaten twice on American soil in 1999.

1997年，美国公开赛冠军马丁娜·欣格斯（Martina Hingis）是她在决赛中的对手，威廉姆斯（Williams）在1999年已经在美国土地上击败了两次。

Hingis won the coin toss before the match and elected to receive, a decision Williams immediately questioned.

威廉姆斯立即质疑，欣格斯在比赛前赢得了硬币折腾，并选择接收。

“We were doing the coin toss, and I never talked about this, but I lose the coin toss and the referee says to Martina [Hingis] serve or receive,” she said.

她说：“我们正在扔硬币，我从未谈论过这件事，但是我失去了硬币，裁判对马丁娜（Martina）表示或接受。”

“I looked at her and I said are you sure about that?

“我看着她，我说你确定吗？

“She was startled, I was like okay.

“她吓了一跳，我很好。

“I won the first three games because I think she was so startled by what I had said.”

“我赢得了前三场比赛，因为我认为她对我所说的话感到非常震惊。”

Looking back, Williams couldn’t believe what she said to Hingis after the coin toss.

回顾过去，威廉姆斯不敢相信硬币折腾后她对宁斯说的话。

“Years later I remember thinking I can’t believe I said that, I was like how did I say that?” said Williams.

“几年后，我记得我不敢相信我这么说，我就像我怎么这么说的？”威廉姆斯说。

“I can’t believe I said that!”

“我简直不敢相信我这么说！”

A ‘startled’ Hingis was unable to regain her composure in the first set, as her American opponent took the lead, 6-3.

她的美国对手以6-3领先时，“震惊”的欣格斯无法在第一盘中恢复镇定。

Williams looked to have things won in the second, as she served for the match at 5-4, before falling apart just one game away from the title.

威廉姆斯（Williams）在第二场比赛中以5-4的成绩在比赛中赢得了第二次赢得的比赛，然后距离冠军只有一场比赛。

Breaking to love, the Swiss star leveled proceedings in the second set, as the pair eventually headed to a tiebreaker at Arthur Ashe stadium.

这位瑞士明星在第二盘中脱颖而出，两人最终前往亚瑟·阿什体育场（Arthur Ashe Stadium）的决胜局。

A long backhand from Hingis at 4-6, saw Williams lift her arms in disbelief, winning her first Grand Slam title at the age of 17.

欣格斯（Hingis）在4-6的一场反手后面看到威廉姆斯（Williams）难以置信地举起了她的手臂，在17岁时赢得了她的第一个大满贯冠军。

Martina Hingis said she ‘wasn’t scared’ during 1999 US Open final with Serena Williams

玛蒂娜·欣格斯（Martina Hingis）说，她在1999年美国公开赛决赛中与塞雷纳·威廉姆斯（Serena Williams）

Following her defeat in the final against Williams, Hingis was asked for her thoughts on Richard Williams’ comments, who had called the Swiss star ‘scared’ moments earlier.

在对威廉姆斯的决赛中失败后，欣格斯被要求她对理查德·威廉姆斯（Richard Williams）的评论的想法，后者称这位瑞士明星“害怕”。

“I wasn’t scared,” she said.

她说：“我并不害怕。”

“I just couldn’t play my game, I mean, I missed terrible things, she did, too.

“我只是无法玩游戏，我的意思是，我也想念可怕的事情，她也做到了。

“It was like we were both sometimes on the knees just getting the ball in, it just wouldn’t happen sometimes.”

“就像我们有时俩都屈膝只是拿到球一样，有时不会发生。”

Hingis faced the difficult task of playing both Williams sisters back-to-back at the 1999 US Open, battling past Venus Williams in the semi-finals, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

Hingis面临着在1999年美国公开赛上背靠背扮演Williams Sisters的艰巨任务，在半决赛中与Venus Williams作战，6-1，4-6，6-3。

After losing to the younger of the two sisters in the final, Hingis was asked whether Serena was in fact better than Venus.

在决赛中输给了两个姐妹中的年轻人之后，欣格斯被问及塞雷娜实际上比金星要好。

“It’s different, I mean, she serves better definitely,” said Hingis.

欣格斯说：“这是不同的，我的意思是，她肯定会更好。”

“She puts more pressure on me like that, also, I have to serve well.

“她也对我施加了更大的压力，我必须服务得很好。

“That’s probably the biggest, you know, thing in my game that I have to improve, to just be more consistent.

“这可能是我必须改进的游戏中最大的事情，要变得更加一致。

“I have to definitely put more of those first serves in to just being able, you know, hang in those rallies.

“我绝对必须将更多的第一批产品放在那些集会上，才能挂在那些集会上。

“I know once I get into a rally at the end, I’m better, once you don’t get there, it’s too bad.”

“我知道一旦结束了集会，我会更好，一旦你不到达那里，那就太糟糕了。”

Hingis and Williams played just once more at the US Open, battling it out for a place in the final two years later.

Hingis和Williams在美国公开赛上再次打了一次比赛，在两年后的最后一席之地与之抗争。

It was Williams who prevailed, winning in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, advancing to her second career US Open final.

是威廉姆斯（Williams）胜利，以6-3、6-2的成绩赢得了胜利，晋级了她的第二届美国公开赛决赛。