每日背诵第四期20
Asked to name the top male player of recent years, most tennis fans would agree there is only one candidate. With the number of Grand Slam titles to his name at twelve and counting, Pete Sampras has more or less dominated the sport for the better part of a decade. The son of Greek immigrants, Pete Sampras's first contact with tennis was hitting balls against the basement wall of his family home in Washington, D.C. After the family moved to sunny California when Sampras was seven, it became apparent that he was a tennis prodigy. His professional career began in 1988 when he was just sixteen, and within two years he had reached the top ten rankings and become the youngest winner of the U.S. Open ever.
谁稳坐近年来男子网球第一把交椅？相信在多数球迷心底，候选人只有一个：他是十二次大满贯赛的冠军得主，记录还在持续累积，他几乎等于近十年来网球运动的代名词：彼得．桑普拉斯。桑普拉斯，这位希腊移民后裔，生平初次接触网球是在他位于华盛顿特区老家的地下室里，对着墙壁击球。七岁时，举家迁徙至阳光普照的加州，他绝伦的网球天赋瞬间展露无遗。一九八八年，他以十六岁的年龄进军职业赛，两年不到，他已晋身世界排名前十位，并成为历史上最年轻的美国公开赛冠军。
(短文节选,本篇始于：网球网罗你的心)
