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法网诞生开赛以来首个冷门：大威遭遇“一轮游”

2013年法网公开赛27日晚间诞生开赛以来首个冷门①。前世界第一、美国老将大威廉姆斯以1比2不敌波兰选手U.拉德万斯卡，遭遇“一轮游”。

本场比赛被视作威廉姆斯与拉德万斯卡两大网球家族之间的对话。当日，在这场“压轴大戏”中，经验最终败在了年轻的拍下。

丢掉首盘“抢七”大战后，大威在第二盘凭借势大力沉的底线进攻顽强②将比赛再次拖入“抢七”追平盘分。然而，随着体能的下降，美国人还是在决胜盘中以4比6败下阵来，无缘第二轮。

“我真不想落入第三盘那种局面，尽管自己一直试图保持积极的③心态和旺盛的斗志。”赛后，失利让大威略显失落。“我努力尝试找到节奏，但我的对手总是比我发挥得更加出色。”

据大威透露，背伤也是发挥受到影响的原因之一。不过，她坦言，一旦伤势痊愈，自己希望④能在随后的温网比赛中打出上佳表现。

“尽管输掉比赛不是想要的结果，但我却足够坚强，因为我是一个战士⑤。”说到这里，大威自信地说：“我不会放弃，坚持就会取得成功。对我来说，越是有难度的事情，我越不会轻言放弃。”

词语解释 Notes to the Words：
①  冷门: n. black horse 
②  顽强: adj. indomitable
③ 积极的: adj. positive
④ 希望: v. to wish
⑤ 战士: n. warrior

Her Body Betraying Her, Venus Williams Makes Quick Exit

In the first round of the French Open on Sunday, in a battle of struggling sisters, Venus Williams lost to Urszula Radwanska, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-4.

The reputations say it was an upset. The reality indicates it was not. Radwanska is ranked 37th, just behind Williams, who is 30th. But Radwanska’s back has not ached for months as Williams’s has, causing her to play and lose just one match on red clay this year before this one and slowing her serve and her movement. Radwanska’s legs, not worn down by injury and illness, stayed fresher through 3 hours 19 minutes of poor serving, erratic ground strokes and skittish nerves.

When it was over, Williams was reflective, and the strain of her back injury and her frustration with her inability to prepare properly showed most. She appeared to tear up several times but said she would play on, perhaps in some of the tuneup matches on grass she has typically avoided ahead of Wimbledon, because she wants to work out kinks, believing that better days like the ones she used to have with regularity will come again.

“With what I’ve gone through, it’s not easy,” she said. “But I’m strong and I’m a fighter. You know, I don’t think I’m just playing for me now. I think I’m playing for a lot of people who haven’t felt well. I think for me today it’s a positive to be able to play three hours. I’m constantly finding ways to get better and to feel better.”