網球明星的侄女卡羅萊娜·劉易斯意外去世，年僅23歲

網球明星的侄女卡羅萊娜·劉易斯意外去世，年僅23歲

A 23-year-old aspiring sports journalist — the niece of former New Zealand tennis player and Wimbledon finalist Chris Lewis — died during a trip to Washington, DC, her family said.

一名23歲的有抱負的體育記者——前新西蘭網球運動員、溫布爾登決賽選手克里斯·劉易斯的侄女——在華盛頓之行中去世。

Carolina Lewis died suddenly on Sept. 16 while visiting the nation’s capital, her younger sister, Jade Lewis, 20 — also a rising tennis star — wrote on a GoFundMe page.

卡羅萊納·劉易斯在9月16日訪問美國首都時突然去世，她的妹妹，20歲的杰德·劉易斯——也是一位網球新星——在Gofundme的網頁上寫道。

Her uncle called Carolina’s death “one of life’s unthinkable and cruelest moments.”

她的叔叔稱卡羅萊納的死是“生命中不可想象和最殘酷的時刻之一”。

“Carolina, may your beautiful soul Rest In Peace forever, and may your wonderful and loving family find some peace on this earth now that you have left us,” Chris said, according to the New Zealand Herald. “Carolina, we all love you. Thank you for the special times we’ve shared, the wonderful and precious memories you’ve given us, and for the love we all have in our hearts for you — a love that will hold true and strong for the rest of our lives. You will always be with us.”

據《新西蘭先驅報》報道，克里斯說:“卡羅萊納，愿你美麗的靈魂永遠安息，愿你美好而充滿愛心的家庭在你離開我們之后在這個世界上找到一些安寧。”“卡羅萊娜，我們都愛你。感謝你們與我們共度的特別時光，感謝你們給我們留下的美好而珍貴的回憶，感謝我們心中對你們所有人的愛——這種愛將在我們的余生中保持真誠和堅定。你將永遠與我們同在。

The cause of death was not yet revealed.

死亡原因尚未查明。

Carolina graduated in May from Kansas State University, where she too played tennis, Jade said. Her goal was to become a sports journalist, and she hoped to complete her master’s in Europe.

杰德說，卡羅萊納今年5月從堪薩斯州立大學畢業(yè)，她也在堪薩斯州立大學打網球。她的目標是成為一名體育記者，并希望在歐洲完成碩士學位。

She recently worked at the US Open, and dreamed of working in New York City, according to Jade.

據妹妹杰德表示，她最近在美國網球公開賽工作，并夢想在紐約工作。