Ferrer takes opening win at French Open

     PARIS, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The World No. 7 David Ferrer from Spain easily went through Jarkko Nieminen of Finland in straight sets, winning his first round match in the men's singles at the French Open on Sunday.

    Ferrer stepped into the Philippe Chatrier court as the highest ranking player on the first competition day, seeing off the world No. 50 Finn 6-3, 6-3 and 6-1.

    "I played very well, excellent tennis," said the 29-year-old, who knocked out No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals(四分之一决赛) of this year's Australian Open, reaching a Grand Slam¹ semifinals for the first time.

    "I always hope I get good performances in Paris. I think you need to take it step by step, one match after the other, because all matches are different," said Ferrer, whose best results here were two quarterfinal finish.

    After Ferrer's victory in the center court, French star Jo- Wilfried Tsonga also grabbed² an easy win by beating Jan Hajek from Czech Republic 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

    The 17th seed Tsonga even whirled³ and jumped for celebration in front of an excited home crowd.

    "It's an ideal⁴ match," said the 26-year-old. "I have never been that so relaxed, that cool."In the women's singles, last year's runner-up Samantha Stosur defeated Iveta Benesova from Czech Republic 6-2, 6-3 and the Australian will meet Romanian Simona Halep in the next round.

    The 10th seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbian overcame Alona Bondarenko from Ukraine 6-3, 6-1.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 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？

2 grabbed   

v.抢先，抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取

参考例句：

• He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
• She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。

3 whirled   

v.（使）飞快移动，使旋转( whirl的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Leaves whirled in the wind. 落叶在风中旋转。
• A tornado whirled into the town last week. 龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 ideal   

adj.理想的，完美的；空想的，观念的；n.理想

参考例句：

• The weather at the seaside was ideal—bright and breezy.海边的天气最宜人，风和日丽的。
• They promised to be faithful to their ideal for ever. 他们保证永远忠于自己的理想。