美少女莎拉波娃點燃俄羅斯網球熱潮
美少女莎拉波娃點燃俄羅斯網球熱潮
Maria Sharapova's meteoric rise to world No,1 is inspiring a new generation of Russian teen girls to head for the courts. "The phone has been ringing around the clock for registrations since mid-August," said Igor Volkov, a coach at Moscow's famous Spartak tennis academy.
The academy now has 190 places compared to around 30 in 1994 but, since Sharapova became the first Russian woman to top the WTA world rankings last month, they've had to turn eager teenagers away. "I would like to become as good as her and earn as much money as her," said 15-year-old Yuliya Livotova.
Sharapova, the blonde star with the top model looks, won Wimbledon last year aged just 17. Since then her advertising contracts have netted more than $US18 million ($23.65 million), and by many accounts she has become the biggest earner in women's sport. Sharapova was born in Siberia but has been living in Florida since she was eight, is not the first Russian to popularise the sport.
莎拉波娃這位出生在西伯利亞的大美人8歲就移居美國，她在17歲的時候拿下了溫布爾頓網球公開賽的冠軍。驕人的戰績，加上她模特一般的身材和較好的容顏，馬上為她帶來眾多天價的合約。目前這位18歲的網球明星的年收入超過1800萬美元，是當今網壇身價最高的體育明星。為此，莎拉波娃帶動了俄羅斯網球的熱潮，這位當今網壇的第一美女在成千上萬的俄羅斯少女中心點燃了網球的明星夢。
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