Sharapova eliminated at China Open

    BEIJING, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Elena Vesnina of Russia eliminated（消除,排除） her compatriot Maria Sharapova 7-6(3), 6-2 in the second round of China Open here on Tuesday.
    As a former world number one and the 12th seed in Beijing, Sharapova was looking to bounce back after crashing out of the Pan Pacific Open last week in Tokyo in the first round, and she did that by beating Pironkova Tsvetana in the first round.
    However, the Russian failed to find her rhythm(节奏,韵律) in front of the world number 63rd Vesnina as she double-faulted seven times and her opponent was clear.
    Sharapova traded three breaks of serve with Vesnina and entered the tiebreaker(决胜局) of the opening set. The former world number one lost four consecutive¹ points when trailing at 3-4 in the tiebreaker due to several unforced errors.
    In the second set, Vesnina broke in the fifth game for a 3-2 lead thanks to Sharapova's double fault in the break point, and she broke again in the seventh game before serving out to seal a spot in the third round.
    "She (Vesnina) was really aggressive, she hit the ball really deep today and really consistently, as well. That kind of kept me on the defense², and I was never really able to step in and do things that I do well and never really was able to cut off the angles," said the frustrated³ Sharapova after making 18 unforced errors.
    Sharapova's world ranking is dropped from 15 to 21 after the elimination⁴ at China Open. "I'm definitely not as good as I wanted to be," she said, "I didn't really have a great preparation coming into these last couple tournaments. I feel like the last couple of weeks I have just been trying to play catchup.""I have to regroup and find a way to improve things and get better and look forward to a new season."(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 elimination   

n.排除，消除，消灭

参考例句：

• Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。
• I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。