來源: New York Times
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For Sale: Serena Williams’s Broken Racket. Yes, That One.
拍賣品：Serena Williams打爛的球拍。是的，就是那支
Tennis players have long broken rackets in anger, but no smashed racket has
reverberated more than the Wilson Blade that Serena Williams wrecked during
her United States Open final against Naomi Osaka in 2018.
網球選手有時會因為生氣打爛球拍，但是，沒有一支球拍可以像Serena Williams在2018年
美網面對大坂直美時打爛的那支那樣造成如此大的迴響。
The outburst cost Williams a point, which ignited an argument with the chair
umpire and eventually prompted a game penalty. Soon after, she lost the
match, starting a cascading controversy about sexism, racism and rules
enforcement in tennis.
生氣暴怒的Williams被罰了一分，接續下來與主審的爭執最後讓她被罰一局。最後她輸掉
了那場比賽，也掀起之後有關性別歧視，種族歧視以及網球規則執行的爭議。
Now, that racket has become an unusual piece of sports memorabilia. It will
be up for sale starting Monday, by Goldin Auctions. The opening bid is
$2,000, but the price is expected to reach five figures by the time the event
closes on Dec. 7.
現在，那支球拍成為運動界裡不尋常的紀念品。星期一的時候會在Goldin Auctions拍賣，
起始價是2000鎂，不過預期到12/7結束的那天價格應該會衝到5位數。
“I think the low end would be $10,000, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it
goes to $25,000 or $50,000,” said Ken Goldin, the founder of Goldin Auctions.
「我認為至少會到10000鎂，但是若是衝到25000或是50000的話，我也不會太驚訝，」
Goldin Auctions的創始人Ken Goldin說。
The racket is one of 1,600 items in the auction, which includes one of Jesse
Owens’s Olympic gold medals. How did a racket that might have ended up in
the trash get to an auction house?
這支球拍只是這次拍賣裡面1600件物品的其中一件，裡面還包括了Jesse Owens(美國田徑
選手)的奧運金牌數面。到底本來應該被丟到垃圾的那支球拍怎麼會跑到拍賣公司手上呢?
In September 2018, Williams, who was playing her second Grand Slam final of
the year after returning to the tour following her daughter’s birth, broke
the racket in the second set against Osaka.
在2018年九月，Williams生完女兒後回到賽場，打到第二個大滿貫賽的決賽時對手是大坂
直美，第二盤時Williams打爛了球拍。
She had lost the first set, 6-2, and in the second game of the second set,
she received a code violation for illegal coaching. She disputed the charge
and seemed not to realize that she had been given an official warning.
她第一盤以6-2輸給了大坂，而在第二盤第二局的時候，她因為被非法指導被判違規，她跟
主審爭執，似乎沒有了解到她已經被給了一個正式警告。
When Williams frittered away a brief advantage a few games later with sloppy
play, she bashed her racket on the court — earning a second code violation,
which cost her a point.
而在幾局後Williams因為沒打好一球放掉了短暫的優勢，她在場上打爛了她的球拍