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Updated: 2005-08-31 10:17

Li Na rattles Davenport in narrow loss 

北京时间31日晨,阿瑟-阿什球场展开美网女单首轮的最后一场比赛,在最受中国球迷关注的这场比赛中,中国NO.2李娜在与世界NO.1达文波特激战两盘之后,以两个4-6的接近比分失利,遗憾的无缘晋级第二轮。尽管输掉了比赛,但是李娜在比赛中的发挥获得了阿瑟-阿什球场数千名球迷的一致喝彩。  

Li Na rattles Davenport in narrow loss

China's Li Na hits a return to Lindsay Davenport of US during their match at the US. Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, August 30, 2005.

American world number one Lindsay Davenport carved out a 6-4 6-4 victory over hard-hitting Li Na of China to reach the second round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.

Coming off victory at last week's New Haven Open, the second-seeded Davenport was not at her sharpest against 23-year-old Li, whose deep groundstrokes kept the American at bay and she staved off three match points before succumbing.

Davenport, the 1998 U.S. Open champion and runner-up at this year's Australian Open and Wimbledon, finally prevailed with an ace and two more service winners after Li fought back to earn a break point in the last game.

Davenport, 29, will next play either Pauline Parmentier of France or Antonella Serra Zanetti of Italy. 

(Agencies)

Vocabulary:
 

groundstroke: 击落地球

keep …… at bay: (阻止,挡住)

stave off: keep or hold off (避开)

runner-up: (亚军)

service: (发球,service winner指发球直接得分)

break point: (破发点,接发球员只要赢取该分便能赢取该局的一分。要是接发球员赢了 Break Point ,即打破对方发球局。)



 

 
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