也许这些小选手还不足以和费德勒相提并论,但是可以肯定的是,橘子碗的确可以反映年轻一代未来的竞争趋势。每年12月初,当职业网坛全年的赛事尘埃落定、各路球星进入休战期时,却有一大批怀着星梦的青少年网球选手涌向美国东海岸,在温暖的迈阿密比斯坎湾激战正酣。迈阿密是全球第五大满贯索尼爱立信公开赛的举办地,不过这些青春洋溢的少年们所参加的,则是在克兰登公园网球中心举行的闻名遐迩的橘子碗(Orange Bowl)网球赛.对当代的大多数征战职业网坛的非美国籍选手而言,他们首次踏上美国的国土往往便是奔着橘子碗杯去的。而对于有志成为职业选手的美国青少年网球小将来说,他们在国际性比赛中的首秀往往也正是橘子碗杯。橘子碗青少年网球赛的创始人为埃迪·赫尔,他的初衷很简单——让热爱网球的女儿在寒冬里也能打上比赛。首届比 Perhaps these small players are not enough to compare with Federer, but what is certain is that the orange bowl really reflects the future competitive trend of the younger generation. At the beginning of December each year, when professional tennis event dust settles throughout the year, various players into the truce, there are a large number of young stars with star dreams flock to the east coast of the United States, bizarre fighting in the warm Miami Biscayne Bay intoxicated. Miami is home to the fifth-largest OpenSonica Sony Ericsson Open in the world, but these youthful teenagers are participating in the famed Orange Bowl tennis at the Brandon Park Tennis Center. For most contemporary non-U.S. Players engaged in professional tennis, their first national trip to the United States is to go straight to the Orange Cup. And for aspiring teenager tennis mates who aspire to become pro players, their first show in international matches is often the Orange Cup. The founder of the Orange Bowl Youth Tennis Tournament was Eddie Hull, whose original motto was simple - letting tennis-loving daughters play in the winters. The first ratio