就是那支! 2018美網小威打爛的球拍要拍賣 - 網球 Tennis

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--這讓
她拿到第二個違規，也讓她丟了一分。

But she was not aware of that as she sat down in her chair for a changeover.
Williams initially put the racket on the ground, according to Justin
Arrington-Holmes, a U.S. Open ball boy since 2013. He picked it up and moved
it out of the way.
但是在換拍的時候她坐在椅子上時她並沒有注意到這件事。根據從2013年就在美網當球童
的Justin Arrington-Holmes的說法，Williams一開始是把那支球拍放在地上。他把它撿起
來後丟到旁邊去。

那支打爛的球拍: https://imgur.com/r8I9r5j.jpg

It was not until Williams took the court and was told again that she had lost
the point that the argument with the chair umpire Carlos Ramos escalated. She
eventually called him a “thief,” earned another code violation and a game
penalty, and called tournament officials to the court to plead her case.
等到Williams回到場上被告知她被罰一分後，她與主審Carlos Ramos的爭論愈演愈烈。她
罵主審是小偷，這也讓她被判違規，被罰一局，她隨後要求大會主辦人員到場上表示要上
訴。

The match’s chaotic ending suddenly imbued the broken racket with
significance.
那場混亂的比賽結果讓這支爛掉的球拍添加了重要性。

Holmes said he spoke to Williams after the match and took a picture together.
She told him he could keep the racket.
Holmes說他賽後有跟Williams講到話，也一起拍了照片；她說他可以留下那支球拍。

Williams and her sister Venus Williams have gone out of their way to be
friendly to him over the years, he said.
他說他跟Williams姊妹過去幾年都特意跟他保持友善。

“A lot of players are nice, but some, like Serena and Venus, care a little
more and say hello and make an effort to learn your name and create a
relationship,” said Holmes, a pre-med biology major at Boston College who
turns 22 this month.
「很多球員人都很好，但是有些球員像是Serena跟Venus，她們會更在意更關心，會打招
呼，會記得名字，會保持好關係，」這個月滿22歲，現在是波士頓大學主修生物預醫生的
Holmes說。

Tennis has long been a part of his life. He learned the sport at the Harlem
Junior Tennis and Education Program, then played in tournaments and for
Trinity School. He is a practice player for the Boston College tennis team.
(Playing full time would conflict with his studies, he said.)
Tennis在他的生活也很久了，他在Harlem青少年網球教育課程學到了網球，之後則是替
Trinity中學打巡迴賽，他現在則是波士頓大學網球隊的練習生(因為他說打全職球員會影
響他的課業)。

After the Open, Holmes put the racket in his closet and left for Boston. This
past summer, he spotted the racket while cleaning at home. A friend suggested
he sell it to Brigandi Coins and Collectibles in Manhattan. A little extra
money was appealing to a college student, so Holmes took it to the store,
where, he said, the buyer told him that he knew little about tennis
memorabilia and was unsure how much resale value it might have.
在那美網後，Holmes把球拍就放在他的櫃子裡去波士頓念書。今年夏天，當他在打掃家裡
的時候發現了這支球拍。一個朋友建議他可以賣給一家在曼哈頓的收集商Brigandi Coins
and Collectibles。一點外快對大學生來說是很有吸引力的，他說當他拿球拍到店裡的時
候，老闆跟他說他不是很懂網球的紀念品，不知道這球拍到底市場上的價值會有多少。

Offered $500, Holmes accepted without bargaining; he provided a letter
certifying the racket’s provenance, saying Williams “gifted” him the
racket during their postmatch conversation.
老闆開了500鎂的價碼，Holmes沒有討價還價就接受了；他之後提供了一封說明這支球拍的
來源，上面說在賽後他跟Williams談話時，Williams把球拍給了他。

He did not really think about the racket again until being contacted for this
article, when he was shocked to discover that it was being auctioned off for
far more money.
他直到了記者去聯絡他才想起來有這支球拍過，他也很驚訝這支球拍可以拍賣的價格遠遠
超過他所拿到的金額。

“Looking back I wish I’d had someone help me with the process,” he said. “
I was not familiar with how any of this works. I just wanted to get rid of it.
”
「回想起來，我希望那時候有人可以幫我就好了，」他說。「我不懂整個的流程會是怎
樣，我只是想脫手而已。」

Chris Brigandi, who handled the racket for the store, could not be reached
for comment. But an employee said the store sold the racket and was not the
party putting it up for auction. Goldin said the seller wished to remain
anonymous.
老闆Chris Brigandi則是聯絡不到，但是雇員說這支球拍後來賣掉了，而且不是現在要拍
賣的這家公司買走的。拍賣公司老闆Goldin說委託人希望保持匿名。

Sports items with such negative connotations are rare at auctions, Goldin
said. Notable exceptions have been memorabilia from the 1919 “Black Sox”
World Series fixing scandal, the broken bat Roger Clemens fired at Mike
Piazza in the 2000 World Series and Tom Brady’s “Deflategate” football.
Goldin說一些運動用品有些負面的新聞很少會出現在拍賣場。一些少見的物品像是1919年
世界大賽"黑襪"打假球醜聞，2000年Roger Clemens丟向Mike Piazza的斷棒，以及Tom
Brady那顆"消風"的美式足球。

Goldin’s house previously auctioned off the glove worn by Bill Buckner when
he failed to field Mookie Wilson’s grounder in the 1986 World Series and the
agreement signed by Pete Rose when he was banished from Major League
Baseball, which sold for $86,000 in 2016.
Goldin公司之前拍賣過Bill Buckner在1986年世界大賽時漏接了Mookie Wilson滾地球時所
戴的手套，以及Pete Rose被判終身水桶所簽的同意書，賣了86000鎂。

The auction house does not contact athletes to confirm an item’s
authenticity — with 1,600 objects for this auction that would be
logistically overwhelming, Goldin said, adding that athletes sometimes become
upset when they learn something of theirs is being sold. (Williams and her
representatives did not respond to multiple interview requests for this
article.)
拍賣公司不會去聯絡運動員好確認該物品的真實性--1600件物品都去確認會很耗時。
Goldin也說到一些運動員當知道他們的東西被賣掉時會很惱。

In addition to Holmes’s letter, Goldin added, his company hired a company
that uses high-density, high-resolution photo matching to determine the
authenticity of the racket.
除了Holmes的信之外，Goldin說他的公司聘請了另外的公司用高解析照片來去比對這支球
拍的真實性。

While Holmes no longer has any rights to the racket, he said he hoped that if
it did sell for tens of thousands of dollars, the current owner does not
pocket all of it.
雖然Holmes不再擁有這支球拍，他說他希望若是這球拍真的賣到幾萬鎂的話，現在的持有
人不要把全部的錢都收到自己口袋。

“They could give a few thousand to a charity or a place like Harlem Junior
Tennis,” he said. “I just hope they are looking out for the greater good.”
「他們可以給慈善單位幾千鎂或是給像Harlem Junior Tennis這樣的團體，」他說。「我
只是希望他們可以有點大愛。」
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