威家姊妹1998挑戰德國男選手相關報導

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之前有人在推文中提到這段
但有版友似乎否認威家姊妹曾在當時放話宣稱她們能打敗ATP男選手

幾則當時新聞報導了此事

報導中說兩姊妹在澳網賽事間觀看男選手練習後認為她們可以擊敗排名兩百之外的男選手
於是到ATP於澳網的辦公室向男選手下戰書

'It all started a few days ago when the Williams sisters wandered into the ATP
tour office at the Australian Open and boldly claimed they could beat any of
the men ranked 200 or above. The bespectacled Braasch, a German who has sunk
in the rankings after reaching 38 in 1994, happened to be in the office and
took up the challenge.'

德國男選手Karsten Braasch當時正在ATP辦公室 排名203 他接受了此一挑戰
之後他以6-1 6-2 連續擊敗兩姊妹

男選手回憶賽後兩姊妹的其中一項反應是稍降標準 改稱她能打敗排名三百開外的男選手
但隔周Karsten Braasch就因被扣積分降到排名350左右
於是男選手在報導中作出下段有趣的陳述:
'Apparently, after the game, Serena and Venus immediately told the press they
wanted to challenge a male player again. This time they revised the ranking
of the man they wanted to face, to 350 in the world. I informed the
journalist who told me this that in the next week I was set to lose a lot of
ATP points and drop down to 350 in the rankings. I told him that if Venus and
Serena waited just one week they could challenge me all over again!'


以下是一些報導的連結

出自德國男選手現身說法的報導 英國衛報集團
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,543962,00.html

獨立報
http://www.dispatch.co.za/1998/01/28/sport/WILLIAMS.HTM


泰晤士報 第四段開始有提到此事
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article5566800.ece


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