Venus returns with victory at Eastbourne

     EASTBOURNE, England, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Venus¹ Williams ended her five-month break with a three-set victory² over Andrea Petkovic 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 at the Eastbourne WTA grass court on Monday.

    "It felt fitting³, I guess," Williams, 30, said of playing Petkovic again. "It was a great way to start it all off."Williams began the match with two double-faults and she made a series⁴ of unforced errors, particularly off the forehand side.

    She wasted three match points in the final game and saved a break-back point before finally taking it when Petkovic went wide with a forehand.

    In other matches, third-seeded Victoria Azarenka beat Peng Shuai of China 6-4, 7-6 (2), while fifth-seeded Petra Kvitova recovered from a slow start to defeat Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia 5-7, 6-1, 6-3.

    Williams' sister Serena will make her return to action after nearly a year out against Tsvetana Pironkova on Tuesday. She could then face top-seeded Vera Zvonareva.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 Venus   

n.金星；维纳斯(罗马神话中爱与美的女神)

参考例句：

• Venus is of the same size as Earth.金星跟地球差不多一样大。
• Venus was a goddess worshiped by the Romans.维纳斯是罗马人所崇拜的女神。

2 victory   

n.胜利，成功

参考例句：

• Victory will never come if we only wait for it.如果我们光是等待，胜利永远不会到来。
• It can't be questioned that we will win the final victory.我们将最终取得胜利，这是确定无疑的。

3 fitting   

n.[pl.]设备，家具，配件，试穿；adj.适合的

参考例句：

• I'm going to a fitting tomorrow.明天我要去试穿新衣。
• The President's address was a fitting end to a bitter campaign.总统的讲话为一场激烈的竞选运动适时画上了句号。

4 series   

n.连续；系列

参考例句：

• The students have put forward a series of questions.学生们提出了一系列问题。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。