Despite being among the wealthiest athletes in the world, Wimbledon's biggest names all clamour over the same must-have freebie at Wimbledon: the tournament towel.

尽管参加温网的选手都属世界上最富有的运动员之列，但他们却都钟情于相同的比赛必备用品：那就是比赛用的毛巾。

At least 4,000 towels go missing each year as players - including the likes of Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams - stash away as many as they can fit in their holdalls.

每年都会有至少4000条毛巾在赛后无法收回，因为很多诸如安迪•穆雷、诺瓦克•德约科维奇和小威廉姆斯这样的运动员会把很多毛巾私藏进网球包里带走。

However, this year the All England Club has come up with a new ploy to put off younger players from joining the craze - by offering them plain white towels, instead of the senior players' brightly-coloured versions.

对此，全英网球俱乐部今年想出新的对策，他们为年轻选手提供的不再是老选手那种色彩鲜亮的毛巾，而是普通的白毛巾，以防止他们跟风效仿，赛后顺走毛巾。

George Spring, Wimbledon's Court Attending Manager, told how he has come to expect that the club will only get back three quarters of the 6,000 towels they produce for the tournament each year.

温布尔登网球场主管乔治•斯普林告诉记者，每年他们都会为比赛准备6000条毛巾，但最后预计能收回的只有四分之三。

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