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The lonely torture of Wimbledon dreams
温布尔登梦想的孤独煎熬

At the bottom of the pro-tennis hierarchy, players hustle for money and rankings, ‘like a gladiator fighting for your life’
在职业网球等级体系的最底层,球员为奖金和排名奔波厮杀,“就像角斗士在为自己的性命而战”。
Tennis player tossing a ball before serving on an outdoor court.

Raul Garcia was scrambling to survive. He chased a ball across the baseline of the court as it flew into the far corner. The 24-year-old righty gripped a black and neon-green tennis racket and lashed a forehand. Energy rippled through his slim frame. Garcia’s torso wrenched and his feet lifted a few centimetres off the ground, and he was, for a moment, floating. To punctuate the shot, his arm coiled around his head with the force of his follow-through.

劳尔•加西亚 (Raul Garcia) 正拼命想要撑下去。他在场地底线追着一个球一路跑到远角。这个24岁的右手持拍选手握着一把黑色和荧光绿色的网球拍,猛力抽出一记正手。能量在他瘦削的身躯中激荡。加西亚上身猛然扭转,双脚离地几厘米,整个人在那一刻仿佛悬空。为这一拍画上句点的是,在随挥力量的带动下,他的手臂顺势缠绕在头侧。

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