来源: New York Times
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For Sale: Serena Williams’s Broken Racket. Yes, That One.
拍卖品：Serena Williams打烂的球拍。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.
网球选手有时会因为生气打烂球拍，但是，没有一支球拍可以像Serena Williams在2018年
美网面对大坂直美时打烂的那支那样造成如此大的回响。
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.
生气暴怒的Williams被罚了一分，接续下来与主审的争执最后让她被罚一局。最后她输掉
了那场比赛，也掀起之后有关性别歧视，种族歧视以及网球规则执行的争议。
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.
现在，那支球拍成为运动界里不寻常的纪念品。星期一的时候会在Goldin Auctions拍卖，
起始价是2000镁，不过预期到12/7结束的那天价格应该会冲到5位数。
“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.
“我认为至少会到10000镁，但是若是冲到25000或是50000的话，我也不会太惊讶，”
Goldin Auctions的创始人Ken Goldin说。
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?
这支球拍只是这次拍卖里面1600件物品的其中一件，里面还包括了Jesse Owens(美国田径
选手)的奥运金牌数面。到底本来应该被丢到垃圾的那支球拍怎么会跑到拍卖公司手上呢?
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生完女儿后回到赛场，打到第二个大满贯赛的决赛时对手是大坂
直美，第二盘时Williams打烂了球拍。
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.
她第一盘以6-2输给了大坂，而在第二盘第二局的时候，她因为被非法指导被判违规，她跟
主审争执，似乎没有了解到她已经被给了一个正式警告。
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.
而在几局后Williams因为没打好一球放掉了短暂的优势，她在场上打烂了她的球拍