Williams survives Brazil Tennis Cup scare

 　　FLORIANOPOLIS, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Former World No. 1 Venus Williams advanced to the quarterfinals of the WTA Brazil Tennis Cup on Wednesday with a hard-fought 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 victory over Spain's Garbine Muguruza.

　　The 96th-ranked Muguruza survived three match points before succumbing¹ to the seven-time grand-slam winner after two hours and 12 minutes on court.

　　Williams, currently² ranked No. 20, will meet Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova on Thursday after the world No.52 overcame Spaniard Beatriz Garcia Vidagany 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

　　In other second-round matches involving seeded players on Wednesday, Timea Babos upset fourth-ranked Channelle Scheepers 6-1, 6-2 and world No. 7 Kristina Mladenovic eliminated Tatjana Malek 6-2, 6-1.

　　Melinda Czink, also beat Beatriz Haddad 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3), Olga Puchkova overcame Caroline Garcia 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 and Monica Niculescuh swept aside Tereza Mrdeza 6-1, 6-1.

1 succumbing   

不再抵抗（诱惑、疾病、攻击等）( succumb的现在分词 )； 屈从； 被压垮； 死

参考例句：

• Mrs. Smith washed and ironed clothes for him, succumbing to him. 史密斯太太被他迷住了，愿意为他洗衣烫衣。
• They would not in the end abandon their vital interests by succumbing to Soviet blandishment. 他们最终决不会受苏联人的甜言蜜语的诱惑，从而抛弃自己的切身利益。

2 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。