尤金妮·布沙尔:新生代网坛玉女!
2018-12-28
对于不熟悉网坛的人来说,尤金妮·布沙尔是一个陌生的名字。尽管她还没有拿过任何主要赛事的冠军(对于一个20岁的选手来说,这挺正常的),但她今年的成绩着实耀眼——打入澳网和法网的半决赛,更在温网中杀入决赛,成為第一位打入大满贯单打决赛的加拿大人。这样的成绩自然引起了人们以及各大体育公司的注意。
而对于不关注网球的人,她的金发长腿和甜美笑容也足够吸引。我们有理由相信,随着她的技术不断完善,尤金妮夺取大满贯锦标并非空想,她的粉丝群也会不断壮大——毕竟,我们如何对年轻貌美又有实力的她say no呢?
Sometimes a tennis talent comes along that is so apparent[显而易见的] that the world stands up and takes notice. The next great tennis superstar is Eugenie Bouchard, a 20-year-old Canadian who is taking the tennis world by storm with her attacking on-court[球场] tactics[战术,策略], and wide array of weapons on the court.
Eugenie or “Genie” Bouchard, was born in Montreal in 1994. She started playing tennis at age five and moved to Florida at age 12 to train with former pro[专业人员] Nick Saviano, who still serves as her coach.
At 15, she returned to Montreal to continue training and eventually[最后] became one of the top junior[年轻人] players on the planet. She won the junior doubles title at Wimbledon in 2011, and the junior singles and doubles crown at Wimbledon the following year, making her the first Canadian ever, junior or pro, to win a singles Grand Slam title.
Genies breakthrough began at the start of the 2013 season when she began qualifying[使具有资格] for more big events and making it through qualifying matches against higher-ranked opponents[对手]. She successfully made it out of the first round at the 2013 Wimbledon, made runs later into bigger more difficult tournaments[锦标赛] and challenged some top players. Genie made her first WTA finals appearance late in the season, and was awarded the WTA Newcomer of the Year Award at the end of the tour.
2014 has been the Year of Genie so far. She made a remarkable[值得注意的] run at the Australian Open, defeating[击败] former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals[四分之一决赛] (the second time she had defeated Ivanovic in her career) before falling to Li Na in the semis[半决赛]. She has since won her first WTA tournament, the Nürnberger Versicherungscup, and just fell short[变得不足] in the semis of the French Open against Maria Sharapova after edging out[险胜] Carla Suarez Navarro in the quarterfinals. She captured[引起(注意等)] the attention of the world with her remarkable run at Wimbledon, where she marched through to the finals[决赛] before going down to two-time champion[冠军] Petra Kvitova. The finals appearance lifted her to No. 7 on the world rankings.
Even at a relatively[相对地] young age and with limited success, she already has companies rushing to sign her and crowds of fans that cheer her on at every event known as “Genies Army.”
Genie is a star off the court as well. She keeps all her social media channels up to date and posts pictures of herself enjoying the life of a young tennis star.
At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, Bouchard became the first Canadian to reach the finals of a Grand Slam in singles, finishing runner-up[亞军] to Petra Kvitova. Before Wimbledon, she also reached the semifinals of the Australian Open and the French Open.
One of Bouchards biggest fans is her twin sister, Beatrice, who is six minutes older than her. Genie and Beatrice were named after Prince Andrews daughters. Their younger sister, Charloee, was named after Princess Caroline of Monacos daughter. To top it off, the youngest of the Bouchard clan[家族]—William—was, of course, named after Englands next king.
Bouchards favorite player was another woman who gets a lot of attention for her looks but deserves[应该得到] the spotlight just as much because of her play: Maria Sharapova.
The comparisons[比较] to Sharapova have picked up over the past year, and not just from male fans admiring Bouchards looks. Even Bouchards agent[经纪人], Sam Duvall, couldnt resist[忍住] comparing the two, telling the Sydney Morning Herald during the Australian Open that he thinks his client can be even more marketable off the court than the superstar Russian.
Bouchards love life has been a popular subject over the past two years. She was asked in a post-match[赛后] interview during the Australian Open who shed date if she could pick between anyone in the worlds of sports or entertainment.
Her answer, after laughing and shaking her head, was another popular (but much more polarizing[两级分化]) Canadian: Justin Bieber.
But according to the website Fabwags.com, Bouchard has had her sights on someone else. It says Bouchard has been rumored[传闻] to be dating 20-year-old Alex Galchenyuk, an ice hockey forward for the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL.
Neither Boucahrd nor Galchenyuk has confirmed[确认] the relationship.
The two met at age nine and were once so close that Bouchard stayed with Robson at her family home near the All England Club when they played there. They went on to put together a Gangnam Style video (featuring tennis stars like Sharapova) which became an Internet sensation[引起轰动的人或事] in 2012.
The reason for their falling out isnt clear, but it is believed to centre around coach Nick Saviano, who Laura appointed last autumn when he was working with Eugenie.
有些时候,一位网球天才的出现是如此显而易见,以致全世界都会站起来,对其投以关注的目光。网坛的“下一站巨星”正是尤金妮·布沙尔——这名年方二十的加拿大少女凭借充满攻击性的场上战术以及她在球场上的一系列武器征服了整个网坛。
尤金妮·布沙尔(昵称“金妮”)于1994年在(加拿大)蒙特利尔市出生。她从5岁便开始打网球,12岁时搬到了(美国)佛罗里达州接受前职业球手尼克·萨维亚诺的培训——萨维亚诺至今仍是她的教练。
15岁那年,她回到蒙特利尔继续训练,最终成功跻身青少年世界排名前列。……
