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从1905年首届澳大拉西亚锦标赛(Australasian Championships)开始,在其后66年时间里,网球一直在澳大利亚与新西兰两个国家不停地“旅行”。尽管新西兰在1922年时退出了澳大拉西亚草地网球协会,但这段小小的变故,并没有阻止网球在全世界最小的大陆上流行开来。网球运动在澳大利亚的发展轨迹,与美利奴羊用皮毛和脊背驼起这片南方大陆一样,都是舶来品所制造的传奇。100多年后的今天,那些由金矿主们掏钱修建的草地球场仍在被使用。它们像是希腊神殿里长明的灯火,其背后隐藏着澳大利亚网球资源的诸多秘密。
Starting in 1905 with the first Australasian Championships, tennis has been “traveling” continuously for the last 66 years in both Australia and New Zealand. Although New Zealand quit the Australasian Tennis Association in 1922, this little mishap did not stop tennis from becoming popular in the world’s smallest continent. The development of tennis in Australia, like the Merino sheep fur and the back of the South China Sea, are all made by imported goods. More than 100 years later, grass pitches built by gold miners are still being used. They look like the glittering lights of the Greek temple, hidden behind the many secrets of Australian tennis resources.