[情報] 時代雜誌選出30位女子傳奇網球員

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30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future 過去現在未來:女子網壇的30位傳奇球員 http://0rz.tw/1Zezr 網頁裡有每位球員的小簡介名單順序如下: 1. Li Na 2. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3. Andrea Petkovic 4. Petra Kvitova 5. Caroline Wozniacki 6. Yanina Wickmayer 7. Victoria Azarenka 8. Agnieszka Radwanska 9. Bethanie Mattek-Sands 10. Ana Ivanovic 11. Samantha Stosur (驚!) http://0rz.tw/AzFQM Samantha Stosur stumbled into tennis at the age of 6 after a flood destroyed her family's home in Brisbane, Australia. The family — which lost everything — moved to Adelaide with just $5,000, and her parents worked round the clock running a café. To keep Stosur occupied, her older brother hit balls with her at the park, and eventually persuaded his parents to enroll Stosur in tennis lessons. By the end of 2006, she had risen to No. 1 in doubles and cracked the top 30 in singles. But in 2007 a diagnosis of Lyme disease — and the accompanying pain and lethargy — sidelined her for months. "It definitely showed me that I should appreciate what I can do," says Stosur, 27. "When you wake up and get told you can't play for a certain amount of time, it's a big eye opener and a wake-up call that if you do get to come back, to make the most of it." She did. After overcoming the disease, Stosur became one of the fittest players on the tour and defeated three former top-ranked players en route to reaching the 2010 French Open final. By early 2011, she had risen to No. 4 in the world. 六歲那年的一場洪水毀掉了她在澳洲布里斯本的家後 Samantha Stosur不經意的踏入了網球世界. 失去一切的Stosur一家帶著僅存的5000元搬到了Adelaide 在那裡她的父母開始沒日沒夜的經營一家咖啡餐館為了讓小Stosur有事可做他的哥哥在公園與她一起打球後來還說服了她的父母讓Stosur參加網球課程在2006年底她成為雙打世界第一單打排名也上升到30名不過在2007年她被診斷出罹患了萊姆病這個會導致疼痛和暈眩的疾病讓她遠離球場好幾個月 "這件事讓我深深感覺到應該珍惜我所能做的事" 現年27歲的Stosur 表示 "當你一覺醒來被告知你有一段時間不能再打球這絕對是很大的警訊你會告訴自己如果還有機會再回到球場我一定要做到最好" 在打敗病魔後 Stosur成為網球界身體最強健的選手之一(嗯~啊~) 並且連續打敗了三位頂尖好手進入2010年的法網決賽在2011年初她的排名上升到了世界第四老調重談( ′-`)y-～ 12. Vera Zvonareva 13. Maria Sharapova 14. Kim Clijsters 15. Justine Henin 16. Serena Williams 17. Venus Williams 18. Martina Hingis 19. Monica Seles 20. Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 21. Gabriela Sabatini 22. Steffi Graf 23. Tracy Austin 24. Martina Navratilova 25. Chris Evert 26. Evonne Goolagong http://0rz.tw/wv9HY The daughter of a poor Aboriginal sheep shearer, Evonne Goolagong shot down the notion that tennis stars had to be groomed at the country club. Born in 1951 — 16 years before Australia even recognized Aborigines in its census — she took up the sport after an encouraging neighbor spotted her peering through the fence at a local court. A Sydney tennis instructor got wind of her raw talent and persuaded her parents to let Goolagong move to his academy to train when she turned 16. Three years later, in 1971, she burst onto the world scene to win both the French Open and Wimbledon. In 1980 she won a second Wimbledon title, becoming the first mother to win a major in the Open Era. "When I was 19, I didn't appreciate it," she told Sports Illustrated in 1998. "But in '80, I had a child and nobody expected much. That was amazingly sweet." A seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, 59-year-old Goolagong now campaigns for Aboriginal rights and runs the Goolagong National Development Camp, which encourages Aboriginal children to play competitive tennis. 來自貧窮的原住民剪羊毛人家庭 Evonne Goolagong讓澳洲驚覺到不是只有鄉村俱樂部(意指白人富裕家庭)出身的人才能成為網球明星在1951年出生的她(在16年後澳洲才正式在人口普查中列入原住民) 因為某位鄰居看到她在場外透過柵欄一直盯著球場看而鼓勵她打網球一位來自雪梨的網球指導員發現到她的才華進而說服她的父母讓16歲的Goolagong搬到他的學院進行訓練三年後的1971年她連續贏得法網及溫網冠軍而躍上了世界的舞台在 1980年她贏得第二座溫網冠軍並且成為開放年代後第一個媽媽冠軍選手 "當我19歲時我並不懂得珍惜" 她在1988年告訴體育畫刊 "但是到了80年代當我有了小孩而且沒人對我有太多期待時卻贏得冠軍真的是很美好" 生涯贏得七座大滿貫單打冠軍的Goolagong 51歲的她現在為原住民平權運動而努力她還成立了Goolagong國家發展營鼓勵原住民小孩積極參與網球比賽 27. Virginia Wade 28. Rosie Casals 29. Margaret Court http://0rz.tw/XwriP Born to poor parents in New South Wales, Australia, Margaret Court, now 68, grew up with an inferiority complex. Her family didn't have a television or a car, and her first tennis racket was fashioned from the stakes of an old wooden fence. She eventually turned it into gold. Court upped the ante in on-court power and off-court training, giving her an edge over rivals like Billie Jean King and Maria Bueno throughout the 1960s. In 1970 she completed the Grand Slam, becoming only the second woman (after Maureen Connolly) to do so, and she continued to play throughout the '70s after she had given birth to three children (she actually contested the 1971 Wimbledon final while pregnant with her first son). She ultimately won 62 Grand Slam titles — including 24 in singles — a record that no other woman is likely to match. She's now a Pentecostal pastor in Perth. 現年86歲的Margaret Court出生於澳洲新南威爾斯的貧窮家庭她可以說是在劣勢中成長她的家裡既沒電視也沒車而她的第一支球拍還是用老舊的木頭柵欄拼湊起來的但是她最後卻將它變成了黃金 Court不斷加強場內的力量和場外的訓練讓她可以在60年代打敗 Billie Jean King 和 Maria Bueno這些對手在1970年她拿到了四大滿貫的冠軍成為繼 Maureen Connolly之後第二位達到這個成就的女網球員而她在70年代連續生了三個小孩後還是持續打球 (她在1971年甚至懷著第一個兒子打溫網決賽) 最後她贏得了62座大滿貫冠軍其中包括24座單打冠軍這個紀錄可以說沒有任何女子選手有可能打破她現在在澳洲柏斯擔任聖靈降臨教派的牧師 30. Billie Jean King 跟兩位澳洲傳奇比起來現在的球員真的是太幸福了 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 219.69.95.221