China's Zheng Jie eyes Olympic glory at Wimbledon

 WIMBLEDON, England, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese tennis player Zheng Jie has won the women's doubles champion and reached semifinals in singles at both Wimbledon and Australian Open, but she said she has a kind of special feeling to the Olympic Games.

The 11th seed, a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2008, fought back from one set down on Tuesday to defeat Canada's Stephanie Dubois 4- 6, 6-4, 6-3 in the first round.

"The Olympic Games is special," said the dimunitive player. "It 's held once four years and you are representing your country. I always feel excited playing in the Olympics."

The upcoming London Olympic Games is much more special because it's held in Wimbledon, her favorite tennis ground. She became the first Chinese to enter the singles event last four at a Grand Slam¹ tournament four years ago, following her doubles victory with Yan Zi in 2006.

"Grass is my favorite," she said. "I hope to do better this year at the Olympics than in Beijing and Athens."

Zheng won the women's doubles bronze medal four years ago in Beijing with her long-time partner Yan, whom she played together when she also took the Austrlaian Open champion in 2006 and fifth place in Athens Olympics.

But in the singles event, she was not very much successful in the Olympic arena², where she was stopped in the first round in Athens and third round in Beijing.

"I remember every moment I played at the Olympics, win or loss. They are very beautiful memories of my life," Zheng said.

Zheng, who stands only 1.64 meters, was billed women's Michael Chang in China for her speed and consistency³ is just like the Chinese American's playstyle. Now at 29 and plagued with a slipped disk, she said that she still hopes to better her record at Wimbledon and the Olympics.

"I have owned everything now, fame, money and social position. It's enough for the rest of my life. But I want to keep going, to play out there. If you still have desire to fight on in your heart, you have the chance to achieve better results," she said.

Zheng, who has won four WTA singles titles in her career with the latest the ASB Classic⁴ in early 2012, reached the fourth round in Australian Open this year and was eliminated⁵ in the second round in French Open to Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada, whom she will meet here in the second round.

"I will take the revenge⁶ at Wimbledon," she said. "I am not very good at the clay court. I believe I can do better in grass."

In the Birmingham grass tournament leading to Wimbleon, she reached the semifinals before losing to former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic in three sets.

The London Olympic Games will be held three weeks after the Wimbledon final. Zheng said she will be ready to come back.

"I think one week is enough to get myself prepared," she said. "I am a professional player."

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 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

3 consistency   

n.一贯性，前后一致，稳定性；(液体的)浓度

参考例句：

• Your behaviour lacks consistency.你的行为缺乏一贯性。
• We appreciate the consistency and stability in China and in Chinese politics.我们赞赏中国及其政策的连续性和稳定性。

4 classic   

n.经典作品；adj.经典的，一流的；古典的

参考例句：

• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
• The football match was a classic.那场足球比赛堪称典范。

5 eliminated   

v.排除( eliminate的过去式和过去分词 )；消除；除掉；干掉

参考例句：

• He was eliminated in the first round of voting. 他在第一轮投票中被淘汰。
• Her misspelling of that word eliminated her from the contest. 因为她把那个单词写错了，所以不能参加比赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 revenge   

v.报...之仇，为...报仇 ；n.报仇，复仇

参考例句：

• She poisoned his mind with ideas of hate and revenge.她用复仇的思想来毒害他的心灵。
• There was anger in his eyes and revenge in his heart.他两眼闪现怒火，一心只想复仇。