Brisbane International tennis gets upgrade May 19, 2011 - 4:59PM 布里斯本国际赛将升级 The Brisbane International tennis tournament in January will be upgraded to a WTA premier event in 2012, placing it alongside the Italian Open and Madrid Masters in prestige. 在一月份举行的布里斯本国际赛 将在2012年升级为与罗马赛及马德里赛同等级的premier 级赛事 The promotion means the Brisbane International will rank among the top 10 women's tournaments on the annual calendar, ensuring it continues to attract superstars like Kim Clijsters, Ana Ivanovic and Australia's grand slam runner-up Samantha Stosur. 这个升等代表布里斯本国际赛可以确保会有世界排名前十的选手来参加 Prize money will increase from $665,000 to $1 million for the Australian Open lead-up event. 总奖金也将会从$665,000提高到一百万元 "Securing this upgrade is great news for Queensland and it will throw the international tennis spotlight fairly and squarely on Brisbane in 2012," Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said today. 对此 昆士兰州长Anna Bligh表示"升等对昆士兰来说是个好消息 在2012年布里斯本将可以 吸引更多国际网球界的目光" "This means that the world's best tennis players - the likes of Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters, Maria Sharapova and of course Queensland's own Sam Stosur - could be coming here to give fans a first-hand look at their awesome talent." "这代表世界最好的网球员 例如小威 Kim 莎娃以及本土的Sam都会来参加比赛 球迷也可 以亲眼目睹她们精彩的球技" AAP http://0rz.tw/vJQ87 看来明年一月Sam应该会继续留在布里斯本 霍普曼盃不知道会不会受到影响? --

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