A streaker in Wimbledon Centre Court 圖片 Squirrels, pigeons and mice -- Wimbledon's Centre Court has attracted a menagerie of animals over the years who brought many a tense match to a halt with their unwelcome intrusions. Nowadays, though, it is streakers who are the bigger menace, prompting the tournament authorities last year to contemplate putting up a fence between spectators and players. The problem of animal intruders came to a head in 1999 when German players Boris Becker and Nicolas Kiefer were twice dive-bombed from the grandstand roof by pigeons. So the All England Club gratefully accepted the services of a full-time falconer to patrol the courts with a swooping bird of prey, named Finnegan, acting as a highly effective deterrent. Wimbledon librarian Alan Little, who boasts an encyclopaedic knowledge of tournament history, has compiled for his annual Wimbledon compendium a history of the most intriguing Centre Court invasions. Back in 1949, the Centre Court ball boys had to chase a squirrel off the hallowed turf while the players sat down to await the all-clear. Pam Shriver once had to contend with a swarm of bees. One stung her opponent, Kathy Rinaldi, on the arm and Shriver gallantly went over to remove the sting. John McEnroe and Stefan Edberg had their razor-sharp concentration disturbed in the 1989 semi-final by two sparrows swooping in low. But the humans win the top prizes for the most eccentric interruptions. In the 1957 gentleman's final, a Mrs. Helen Jarvis invaded the court, shouting and waving a banner calling for a new world banking system. A female streaker first took to the court in the 1996 men's final. Last year, Maria Sharapova was startled by a streaker who leapt on to Centre Court during her quarter-final against Elena Dementieva. She averted her gaze as he cart-wheeled naked in front of her before being bundled off court by security guards who wrapped him in a red blanket. "I didn't want to look at all the details," Sharapova said. But when told that some women spectators had been impressed by his physique, she replied: "Maybe next time I'll take a look." 點擊查看更多雙語新聞 (ANI)

多年來，溫布爾登中央球場吸引了松鼠、鴿子和老鼠等一群群動物的光臨，這些“不速之客”們不受歡迎的入侵曾使很多緊張的比賽被迫中斷。 然而，如今裸奔者卻成了更大的威脅，去年甚至使得比賽組委會打算在觀眾席和賽場中間筑一道圍欄。 動物入侵的問題在1999年達(dá)到極致。在兩名德國選手博里斯·貝克爾和尼古拉斯·基弗的比賽中，鴿子兩次從正面看臺的頂棚俯沖下來"轟炸"球場。 所以全英俱樂部欣然接受了一位專業(yè)馴鷹者的幫助，他訓(xùn)練出來的獵鷹“芬尼根”專門負(fù)責(zé)溫網(wǎng)期間的場地巡邏，成為一個十分有效的威懾。 熟知溫網(wǎng)歷史的溫布爾登圖書管理員阿蘭·里特專為他的溫布爾登年鑒編撰了溫網(wǎng)中央球場“最有趣的入侵史”。 1949年，中央球場的球童們不得不將一只松鼠逐出賽場，而選手們只好坐等"警報解除"。 帕姆·史萊弗曾有過一次在比賽中與一大群蜜蜂斗爭的經(jīng)歷。其中一只蜜蜂在她的對手凱西·里納爾蒂的胳膊上蜇了一下，史萊弗十分有風(fēng)度的走了過去為凱西拔掉了刺。 1989年，約翰·麥肯羅和史蒂芬·埃德博格正全神貫注的打半決賽時，被兩只突然入侵的麻雀打斷。 但最為怪異的“入侵”還是來自人類自身。 在1957年的男單決賽中，一位名叫海倫·賈維斯的女士突然闖進(jìn)球場，在場內(nèi)為呼吁建立新的世界銀行體系搖旗吶喊。 在1996年的男子決賽中，一名女裸奔者突現(xiàn)賽場，這是溫網(wǎng)“入侵史”上首位裸奔者。 去年，莎拉波娃在與對手艾麗娜·戴蒙蒂娃進(jìn)行四分之一賽時，被一位躍入中央球場的裸奔者嚇了一大跳。 當(dāng)這位男子裸著身體側(cè)手翻出現(xiàn)在莎拉波娃面前時，莎娃避開了自己的目光。之后，這名裸奔者被保安用一只紅毯子包裹起來，迅速送往了場外。 莎拉波娃說：“我不想去注意所有的細(xì)節(jié)?！? 但當(dāng)她被告知這名裸奔男子的體型給一些女觀眾留下了深刻的印象時，她回答說：“或許下次我會看一眼。”   （英語點津姍姍編輯）

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