Zhang Yining kicks off quest for fifth World Cup title

时间：2006-09-30 07:31:46

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China's Zhang Yining returns the ball during a group match against Japan's Fukuhara Ai at 2006 Women's Table Tennis World Cup held in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Automous Region, Friday, Sept. 29, 2006. Zhang won the match 4-0.
 
Sept. 30 - China's world No. 1 Zhang Yining crushed a Japanese Olympic prospect1 and a former Chinese world champion who had switched her allegiance, qualifying2 for the women's World Cup quarter-finals on Friday.

 

Zhang, winner in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005, handed a straight-set defeat to doll-faced Japanese Ai Fukuhara, who is ranked 14th in the world and being groomed3 for the 2008 Olympic Games.

 

Zhang didn't give much chance to the 17-year-old, winning 11-8, 11-7 11-6, 11-3 in her first group match.

 

Fukuhara, who imitates the fast-attacking style of legendary4 Chinese Deng Yaping, said after the game that she wasn't upset by the defeat because Zhang is in a class of her own.

 

Chinese head coach Shi Zhihao said that Zhang sees Fukuhara as a serious threat in the 2008 Olympics, therefore, "she took this game very seriously."

 

"Zhang hadn't played against Fukuhara since 2004 and she really wanted to know if Fukuhara had became a better player," added the 47-year-old coach.

 

Four hours after disposing of the Japanese, Zhang shook off a strong challenge by U.S. player Gao Jun, winning in six sets.

 

Gao, 37, who helped China win a world team title in 1991 and became a U.S. citizen in 1997, held the 21-year-old Zhang to two-all before losing 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-13, 11-5, 11-3.

 

Chinese Guo Yan, ranked third, joined Zhang in the final eight after beating Belarus' defensive5 player Viktoria Pavlovich 4-0 and Lin Ling of Chinese Hong Kong 4-1.

 

Lin Ling's teammate Tie Yana, world No. 4, also qualified6 for the quarter-finals, with straight-sets wins over Nicole Struse of Germany and Singapore's Li Jia Wei.

 

The World Cup features six continental7 champions and 10 world top-ranked players. The largest ranking difference is between Zhang Yining and Egypt's African champion Bacent Osman, rated 375th.

 

Osman, who covers from head to toe, suffered two straight-set losses to Gao Jun and Fukuhara, each game lasting8 less than 15 minutes.

 

Chinese is the most convenient language of communication in the World Cup, which featured three Chinese national team members and seven former Chinese players.

 

Besides Gao Jun, Li Jia Wei, Tie Yana and Lin Ling, New Zealand's Oceania champion Karen Li, European champion Liu Jia of Austria and Wang Chen of the United States were also born and trained in China. Five World Cup participants were born in Beijing.

 

Fukuhara, who learned the sport in China since she could barely9 hold the racket, speaks impeccable Chinese. To amuse Chinese people, she sometimes adds a northeastern Chinese accent that she acquired while playing for Liaoning club.

 

The World Cup, which ends on Sunday, offers a total prize of 135,000 U.S. dollars, among which, 44,000 US dollars will go to champion, 22,000 to runner-up and 15,000 to third place finisher.

 

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1 prospect P01zn     
n.前景，前途；景色，视野
参考例句：
  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
2 qualifying 620029f027c7e04318e7c850d7101f97     
使具有资格的
参考例句：
  • players who fail at the pre-qualifying stage 在预选赛中淘汰掉的选手
  • A doctoral candidate is required to pass a qualifying examination. 考博士需通过一个资格考试。
3 groomed 90b6d4f06c2c2c35b205c60916ba1a14     
v.照料或梳洗（马等）( groom的过去式和过去分词 )；使做好准备；训练；（给动物）擦洗
参考例句：
  • She is always perfectly groomed. 她总是打扮得干净利落。
  • Duff is being groomed for the job of manager. 达夫正接受训练，准备当经理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 legendary u1Vxg     
adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）
参考例句：
  • Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
  • Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
5 defensive buszxy     
adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的
参考例句：
  • Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
  • The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。
6 qualified DCPyj     
adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的
参考例句：
  • He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
  • We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
7 continental Zazyk     
adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的
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  • A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
  • The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。
8 lasting IpCz02     
adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持
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  • The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
  • We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
9 barely gyFz0w     
adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不
参考例句：
  • The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
  • He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。

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