一篇很有趣的旧闻 是今年七月底Bank of the West Classic赛期间发布的 有位记者对球僮进行了调查 看谁是他们最喜爱的球员 答案是... Samantha Stosur! 抱歉只大略翻关於Sam的部分 旧闻连结:http://0rz.tw/M0Of2 It’s Official: Ball Kids Love Stosur. Azarenka, Not So Much Published by Chris Oddo on Jul 30, 2010 The ballkids at the Bank of the West Classic didn’t bother to hide their admiration for Samantha Stosur, but you might be surprised to see who ranks low on their list of favorite players. Bank of the West Classic的球僮们不吝於分享他们对Samantha Stosur的喜爱, 不过他 们不那麽喜欢的球员名单 可能会让你感到惊讶 STANFORD, California—Those little blue and red clad blurs that have been zooming around the Bank of the West Classic grounds all week know a good time when they see it. Turns out they also know good tennis. 不要小看那些一整个礼拜 穿着红蓝衣在Bank of the West Classic球场内跑来跑去的球僮 们 他们其实对网球也略知一二 18 year old Raymond Lee, a no-nonsense upwardly mobile high school student believes that his eyes don’t lie. “Stosur will win, because I saw her play, ” he told me. 18岁的高中生Raymond Lee就相信他的眼睛不会骗人 他告诉我 "Stosur会赢 因为我看过她 打球的样子" 11 year-old Evan Tobin concurred. I caught him running the stairs outside Stadium court, and he was nice enough to share a few moments of his precious time with me. “I think Sam Stosur is gonna win, because when I was ballboying for her in the match, she was just amazing.” 我在球场外的楼梯间遇到11岁的Evan Tobin 他也赞成Lee的说法 "我觉得Sam Stosur会赢 因为我曾在她比赛的场上当球僮 她实在太棒了" 11 year-old Drew Davison was also wowed by the phenom known to many simply as ‘Sam.’ “I want Sam Stosur to win because in my opinion she’s the best player in the tournament and I guess she deserves to.” I’m not sure what he meant by “I guess” but, being so lucky to have Drew grant me this exclusive interview, I declined to press him on the matter. “I ballkidded for her earlier today,” he said. “And her serve was pretty amazing.” 11岁的Drew Davison也称赞这位被许多人简称为"Sam"的优秀选手 "我希望Sam Stosur能赢 因为我个人认为 她是本次赛事中最优秀的选手 所以我猜那是她应得的" 我不太确定Drew 的那句"我猜"是什麽意思 不过既然他那麽慷慨接受采访 我也不好意思追问他 "今天一早 我曾经当她的球僮" 他说 "她的发球相当惊人" Hmmm. Considering the draw still features such tennis royalty as Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva, I must say I was surprised at all the support the kids were giving Stosur. Was she taking them out back and feeding them candies? Was it something that she said or the way she looked at them? Or, had she intimidated them so much with her ripped physique that they didn’t dare say anything bad about her for fear there would be repercussions? 其实本次赛事像Maria Sharapova和Elena Dementieva这些知名选手也都有参加 因此我必 须说 我很惊讶这些小朋友为什麽都这麽支持Stosur? 难道她有偷偷的把他们带出场外 (out back有澳洲之意 一语双关)喂她们糖果吃? 还是她说了什麽 或者她看他们的眼神与 众不同? 或者是她强壮的体格让他们感到害怕 因此不敢说任何关於她的坏话? It was hard to say, so I persisted further. 我不知道原因为何 所以我继续追问下去.... 接下来是说别的选手 所以我不翻了XD Then things started to get interesting. “I’m not giving my name,” said a 17-year-old who apparently had a story to tell. She had just come off a long shift, and while she was very happy with her job, she did have one complaint. “Azarenka is very particular,” she said. “How so,” I asked. “She wants all the balls on one side, and if you don’t she yells at you.” “Is she the only one,” I asked. “Sharapova is picky too, but she is nice about it.” Being that this wasn’t a WTA slander campaign, I wanted to know who the kids thought was the nicest. Turns out that Melanie Oudin is a real sweetheart. “Oudin was really nice, and the qualifiers were really nice too,” said the hesitant ball kid. “And Bartoli was nice least year,” another chimed in. “Sharapova was picky about which end she took it from, but she was nice.” “Sharapova’s nice,” someone else chimed in. They all seemed to agree. Maria ’s finicky, but nice. Azarenka though, is a different story. 又回到Sam Now they were really starting to open up. “I like Stosur because she doesn’ t grunt,” said one. 现在大家话匣子打开了 "我喜欢Stosur 因为她打球时不会吼叫" “I like her t-shirt,” added another. "我喜欢她的T恤" 另一个球僮说 I had uncovered a lot in my hours of running with the ball kids, but there was still one thing that I needed to know. 与球僮相处的这几个小时 我发掘了很多 不过最後还有一个问题我必须知道答案 “So all in all this was a good experience and you guys would be happy to do it next year?” "所以整体而言 这是一个很棒的经验 你们明年愿意再来吗?" “Definitely.” "当然" 顺便补充.... 以下这段影片是八月New Haven赛期间 Sam与观众进行Q&A的片段 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJl4HIxx3IM --

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