Biography

12 November, 2007 | 19:11

Please note: You will only be able to see this biography if your PC can display Chinese writing.

简历
2007年11月12日 | 19:11
大家好
我们决定现在把这个简历更新一下，放在新网站上。对你们来说是好消息，对我来说是坏消息，因为我又得坐下来和罗宾说话。哈哈。
嗯，生日还是没变。我于1987年5月15日出生在格拉斯哥。你们可能已经知道我幼年的大多数时光都是在苏格兰一个叫做当柏连(Dunblane)的小地方度过的。
还有家人住在那儿，所以那里对我来说，仍然感觉象家一样。我现在在伦敦有自己的房子，我觉得不错了，因为离训练地很近。
我很小就开始打网球，大概是三岁左右。我清楚记得两岁的时候，有了一副小球拍：亮绿色的，上面的球弦是彩色的。也许对于蜜糖(Treacle)这样的人来说，这仍然是一副象样的球拍吧。

 

 

这是我和吉米在家中的后花园里，看上去很可爱。
我们大多数时候相处得不错，但从很小的时候起，我们在大多数方面都有点互相较劲……

 

 

别担心，裁判介入，激战中止……
嗯，我过去老对着墙击打海绵球，直到我妈妈看不下去了，给我们买了回弹球，可以在后花园里玩。回弹球设计得很不错，我们想在哪里玩就在哪里玩……
 
这是我们在法国一个海滩上，和凯丽在一起。凯丽，如果你正巧也在看的话，你还好吧……

 

吉米看上去好象进入了温布顿决赛，但你们得去他的网站看看简历中的介绍……
他网球打得也不错，曾是12岁以下级别的世界顶级选手之一，还获得过欧洲第3名（12岁以下级别），仅次于纳达尔和加斯奎特。他甚至在自己的首次海外赛事中击败过卡埃尔·蒙菲尔斯。还不赖。
来谈谈我自己。
我一直属于比较时尚的一类人，我想这件Bart Simpson套衫可以证明这一点……

 

 

这张照片里，我大概6岁，我想……

 

 
OK，这是买了那件Bart套衫几年后我的模样，底线扣杀……
不清楚你们知道不知道，我小时候经常踢足球。
我觉得小孩子有机会尝试各种不同东西，是很重要的，我们尝试了不少，很幸运。
格拉斯哥流浪者队看中了我，但网球始终是我的梦想，虽然我爷爷曾为希伯尼安足球俱乐部效力。我喜欢这种感觉：网球场上，只有你和你的对手。我想这也是我喜欢拳击的原因。
嗯，买了那件Bart Simpson套衫6年后，我终于穿了些看上去比较得体的衣服。

 

 
这是我在佛罗里达赢得橘子杯之后，穿着我自己的运动服。
我15岁时，离开苏格兰去巴塞罗那的桑切斯-卡撒尔学院训练。在国内提高自己的水平变得越来越困难，所以对我来说，这是正确的选择。
我在桑切斯学院认识了卡洛斯，我们现在仍然是非常要好的朋友。你们可以在这网站上了解他的更多情况，或者看他的博客。西班牙对我来说是个好地方，不只是认识了卡洛斯。
我觉得2004年我满17岁时，一切就开始加速。我击败了斯塔克赫斯基，赢得了美国公开赛男子少年组单打冠军。

 

 
他很大度……
我和吉米还进入了双打半决赛。我们干得不错。
我还获得了英国广播公司的少年体育个人风尚奖。那时还在西班牙比赛，飞回国领奖。我还记得到达酒店时，只剩下约30分钟时间换衣服，但却关在卫生间里出不来。接待人员不得不用刀子把锁撬开，把我弄出来。干得非常棒。
终于准时走上红地毯……
嗯……

 

 
少对那件西装评头品足，行不？
嗯，那年我还入选了戴维斯杯英国队。没有上场打球，但那是很美好的时光。
跟蒂姆学了几招西洋双陆棋。
实际上，2005年才成为职业选手，并在戴维斯杯比赛上首次亮相，我成了英国历史上最年轻的戴杯选手。

 

 
我和大卫·舍伍德在双打比赛中战胜了耶里奇和兰姆。算爆出冷门，所以感觉很好……
我的简历大致如此，其它事都是最近才发生的。
你们在网站上可以找到有关我的很多其它网球资料，比如我的日程安排，我的比赛成绩等等，所以到处看看吧。
感谢大家一直支持我走到今天，如果此时此刻你们还想支持我，大家辛苦了！
安迪

Hey guys

We’ve decided to update this bit now for the new website. Good news for you, bad for me because I’ve got to sit down and speak to Robin again. Ha.

So, the birthday stays the same; I was born on the 15th May 1987 in Glasgow. You’ve probably read that I spent most of my early life in a little place called Dunblane in Scotland.

Still got family living up there, so it still feels like home to me. I’ve got my own place in London now; fine by me as it’s close to where I train.

I started playing tennis very early, around the age of three. I definitely remember having a mini-racquet when I was two: a bright green thing with multi-coloured strings. Probably still a decent racquet for someone like Treacle.

 

 

Here's me and Jamie in the back garden at home, looking pretty good.

We got on well most of the time, but we were kind of competitive from an early age at most things....

 

 

Don't worry, ref stepped in to stop the fight....

So, I used to knock sponge balls off the wall till my mum got fed up with it and got us a Swingball for the back garden. Swingball’s pretty good work, and we played where we could...

 

 

That's us on a beach in France, with Kelly. She was from our campsite. Hello Kelly, if you're reading...

Jamie was well into his Wimbledon stuff, but you’ll have to read the biography on his website for that…

He’s a good player too; he was one of the top players in the world at under 12 level. He was pretty much the no. 3 in Europe (under-12), behind Nadal and Gasquet. Even beat Gael Monfils in his first tournament abroad. Not bad work.

Back to me.

I’ve always been a stylish kind of guy, and I think this Bart Simpson jumper proves that....

 

I'm about six in that photo I think...

 

OK, so this is me a few years after the Bart jumper, smashing one down the line...

Not sure if you know this but I played a lot of football when I was a kid.

I think it’s really important kids have the chance to try loads of stuff, and we were lucky like that.

Glasgow Rangers were interested in me, but It was always going to be tennis for me, even though my granddad played for Hibs. I love the fact that it’s just you and your opponent on a tennis court; I guess that’s why I love boxing too.

So, six years on from the Bart Simpson jumper and I’ve finally got some clothes that look decent.

 

 

That's me in my own kit after winning the Orange Bowl in Florida.

When I was 15, I left Scotland to train at the Sanchez Casal academy in Barcelona; It was getting harder and harder to push myself at home, so it was the right move for me.

I met Carlos at Sanchez, and we’re still pretty good friends. You can learn more about him here, or read his blogs here. Spain was great for me, apart from meeting Carlos.

I guess it all started picking up when I was 17 in 2004. I won the US Open boys title when I beat Sergiy Stakhovsky.

 

 

He took it pretty well…

Me and Jamie got to the semi-finals in the doubles too. Good effort from us.

I won the BBC Young Sports Personality as well. Flew back from a tourney in Spain for that one. Remember getting to the hotel with about 30 mins to get changed, but got stuck in the bathroom. Guy from reception had to bust the lock with a knife to get me out. Quality effort.

Made it to the red carpet in the end...

Er....

 

 

...less said about the suit the better huh?

So, I got called up for the Davis Cup squad also that year. Didn’t play, but that was a good moment.

Picked up a few Backgammon lessons from Tim.

Actually turned Pro in 2005, and made my debut in Davis Cup debut, which made me the youngest guy to ever represent Great Britain.

 

 

Me and David Sherwood beat Erlich and Ram in the doubles rubber. Bit of an upset, so that felt good…

That’ll do for my biography; everything else is quite recent.

You can find out lots of other tennis info about me on the site. There’s stuff on my schedule, my results and stuff, so have a good look around.

Thanks to everyone who has supported me so far, and if you’re thinking of supporting me as of now, good effort from you!

Andy