'Wimbledon qualifying facilities could cope with Maria Sharapova'
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Sharapova has not yet requested a wildcard for Wimbledon
莎拉波娃尚未向温网提出外卡请求
Wimbledon qualifying could cope with the levels of interest should Maria
Sharapova take part in the Roehampton tournament, the All England Club says.
The Russian returned from a 15-month doping ban last month and could yet
qualify directly or receive a wildcard when they are confirmed on 20 June.
Wimbledon's qualifying event will be ticketed for the first time this year.
温网会外赛今年起将收取门票。
All England Club chief Richard Lewis is "absolutely confident" Roehampton
could cope with Sharapova's presence. "We're used to organising events where
there's a lot of pressure on our facilities, so it would be nothing unusual
for us," he told BBC Sport.
俱乐部首席路易斯表示温网会外能够应付莎拉波娃。
会外赛也是温网的一环，设施的需求一直都有，所以有没有莎娃都是一样的。
Lewis said Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon champion, has not yet requested a
wildcard and there have been no discussions, either formal or informal, with
her or her team. Former world number one Sharapova, 30, reached the semi-
finals in Stuttgart on her return to action last month.
到目前为止没有跟莎娃及他的团队有任何外卡讨论。
莎娃也没有提出外卡需求。
As a result she is currently ranked 262nd - but she needs to be closer to the
top 100 to qualify directly for the main draw at Wimbledon, or the top 200 for
the qualifying tournament. She has wildcards at this month's events in Madrid
and Rome, where she can pick up more points before the Wimbledon main draw
entry deadline of 22 May and the qualifying deadline of 5 June.
莎娃目前排名 262，他需要前 200 才有办法打会外、接近前 100 才能打会内。
目前他有马德里及罗马的外卡加持，而温网会内的截止日期是 5/22 (会外 6/5)。
Wimbledon's qualifying tournament takes place from 26 to 29 June at the Bank
of England Sports Grounds, and until this year has been an unticketed event
with limited media facilities.
到去年为止，温网会外从未收过门票，媒体设施也几乎没有。
This year there will be 1,000 tickets for sale at ￡5 each, with proceeds
going to the Wimbledon Foundation, along with video coverage of one court,
inflatable covers on two courts and an improved player lounge.
今年会外将贩售一千张门票，每张五英镑。
有一个球场将有直播。
Asked whether the changes were made with Sharapova's possible presence in
mind, Lewis said: "I know it does seem very convenient timing but it is
actually unrelated, genuinely unrelated, and we know that qualifying needs to
continue to be improved, just like we improve facilities here at the
Championships. It's part of an ongoing process."
温网会外的设施是否为了莎娃而建设？路易斯表示这是巧合。
会外赛也是温网的一环，就像温网主场一样，一直都有安排。
Sharapova was initially banned by the International Tennis Federation for two
years after testing positive for heart disease drug meldonium at the 2016
Australian Open. It was later reduced to 15 months by the Court of
Arbitration for Sport, who found that she was not an "intentional doper". The
issue of whether the French Open and Wimbledon, as Grand Slam events, should
offer wildcards to a player returning from a doping ban has divided opinion.
Andy Murray and Caroline Wozniacki have been among those opposed to her
receiving wildcards, while Venus Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova were among
the more supportive players. The French federation will make its decision
known on 16 May, while Wimbledon's Tennis Committee meets to discuss who will
receive wildcards on 20 June. The committee will be made up of former British
number one Tim Henman, three club members including club chairman Philip
Brook, Debbie Jevans and Richard Stoakes, tournament referee Andrew Jarrett
and two LTA members, Martin Corrie and Cathy Sabin.
给予莎娃的意见一直以来都呈现非常两极化的趋势。
温网将由这七位进行外卡表决。
前英国第一 Tim Henman
俱乐部主席 Philip Brook
俱乐部会员 Debbie Jevans
俱乐部会员 Richard Stoakes
温网主裁判 Andrew Jarrett
英草网副席 Martin Corrie
英草网主席 Cathy Sabin
"Wildcards are what they say that they are," Lewis added. "There's a wide
range of criteria that any tournament would consider and from our point of
view it could be playing record, it could be whether they are British or not.
外卡本来就是外卡，任何赛事都有自己的给予标准。
对我们来说，这可能是比赛成绩、也有可能是否为英国人。
"And to pre-empt the next question, who knows what they will consider on the
20 June? That's a matter for the committee and not something we can speculate
on at this stage."
Analysis
Russell Fuller, BBC tennis correspondent
Improvements to the Roehampton site have been on the All England Club's agenda
for a while, but I think it would be fair to say progress was given an extra
sense of urgency by the possible appearance of Sharapova and all those her
presence would attract.
虽然说会外场地的更新一直以来都在俱乐部的规划内，但可以肯定的是这项计画有被赋予
更多的压力要马上完成... 因为莎娃可能会出现在这里，而他会吸引媒体或人群来。
The 2004 champion could well play herself into the main draw by reaching the
semi-finals in either Madrid or Rome, which allowed Richard Lewis to answer
questions about wildcards as purely hypothetical for now.
当然，路易斯一直就外卡这件事情不愿表态，因为都是空谈。毕竟莎娃还有两场赛事可打
进温网，马德里跟罗马的积分很有可能让她直接进入会内。
Past Wimbledon form and success in tournaments leading up to the
championships, especially those on grass, are factors the committee will
consider. Sharapova will score highly in at least one of those categories, and
Lewis also told me that views expressed by some other players are not likely
to prove relevant.
过去温网的成就及近期草地表现对于获取外卡有一定程度的影响。
莎娃至少在成就这方面无懈可击，而其他球员的看法并非能够左右选委会的意见。
But he would not be drawn on how much weight Sharapova's anti-doping violation
would carry. That is the crux of the matter, and very much down to the seven
people who will file into the All England Club on Tuesday, 20 June.
所有的答案，都要等这七位在 6/20 决定。