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Nadal wins Wimbledon for the second time

Summary

5 July 2010

Rafael Nadal has won the Wimbledon title for a second time, beating Thomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in the final. It is his second successive¹ Grand Slam² victory, after he won the French Open last month.

Reporter;

John Bennett

Report

Just as he did when he claimed his first Wimbledon title in 2008, Rafael Nadal fell to the floor to celebrate winning his eighth grand slam.

After missing³ out on the chance to defend his crown⁴ last year because of a knee injury, this victory will mean everything to the Spaniard.

He was back on the biggest stage in tennis and he never looked like losing. The world number one won the first set 6-3 in just 34 minutes. And although Thomas Berdych had chances in the second set - wasting four break points - Nadal upped his game just at the right time to take it 7-5.

Then with his Czech opponent⁵ serving to stay in the match he struck again, taking his first Championship point with yet another powerful winner. So Nadal is Wimbledon champion for the second time. And on this evidence he may well be the man to beat here for years to come.

John Bennett, BBC News, Wimbledon

1 successive   

adj.接连的，连续的，相继的

参考例句：

• He won three successive matches.他连胜三场比赛。
• In memory,instructions are stored in a sequence of successive bytes.在记忆体中，指令被存放在一个连续的字节序列中。

2 slam   

v.猛力地推、放或扔；砰地关上

参考例句：

• They were surprised by the slam of a car door.关汽车门时发出的声音使他们很吃惊。
• Why should you slam the window?你干吗要使劲关窗户呢？

3 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

4 crown   

n.王冠，王权，顶点；v.使...成王，加冕，居...之顶

参考例句：

• He won the crown in 1973.他荣获1973年冠军称号。
• They wanted to crown Caesar king.他们想立凯撒为王。

5 opponent   

n.对手，敌手，反对者；adj.敌对的，反对的

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• After a fierce struggle,he got a beat on his opponent.经过殊死的较量，他占了对手的上风。