Walking from Southfields Tube station to watch Carlos Alcaraz and his liquid forehand last month, I passed banner after irate banner objecting to the proposed expansion of the Wimbledon site. The High Court later issued a ruling that allowed the development to go ahead. (“You cannot be serious”, read the best of the signs outside). Still, this tussle with local residents has cost the All England Club years and unknown fortunes.
上月,我從倫敦南菲爾德(Southfields)地鐵站步行去觀看西班牙職業網球運動員卡洛斯?阿爾卡拉斯(Carlos Alcaraz)流暢的正手擊球,路上看到一條又一條反對溫布爾登網球賽場地擴建計劃的憤怒橫幅。英格蘭高等法院(High Court)后來發布了允許這一擴建項目上馬的裁定。(“你有沒有搞錯啊?”庭外最精彩的標語如此問道。)話雖如此,與當地居民的這場爭斗已經讓全英草地網球和門球俱樂部(All England Club)花費數年時間和數額不詳的資金。