近10年来,美国网坛一直为少数明星所垄断,从桑普拉斯、阿加西、张德培到罗迪克,从卡普里亚蒂、达文波特到威廉姆斯姐妹,他们几乎成了美国网球的代名词。与这些巨星处于同一时代的球员们无疑非常不幸,他们也许在整个职业生涯中都只能充当配角。在3月的两站北美大师赛上,这些“蓝领”球员们终于有了一次集体爆发,与巨星们相比,他们所取得的每一次突破都是加倍努力的结果,也格外值得关注。 For nearly a decade, the U.S. tennis has been dominated by a handful of celebrities, from Sampras, Agassi and Zhang Depei to Roddick, from Capriati and Davenport to the Williams sisters, who have almost become American tennis Synonymous. Players who are in the same age as these superstars are certainly unlucky, and may have played only a supporting role throughout their career. At last weekend’s North American Masters in March, these “Blue Collar” players finally had a collective outbreak. Compared with superstars, each breakthrough they made was the result of double their efforts and was especially noteworthy.