Nadal Loses in Doubles

Rafael Nadal, the top seed at the Shanghai Masters played on Tuesday at the event, but to everyone's surprise he lost the match. Yunfeng reports from Shanghai.

 
Yes, Nadal has lost again, not in the singles match but in the doubles. With his countryman Marc Lopez, they lost to Christopher Kas from Germany and Alexander Peya from Austria¹. During the match, he tried his best, trying to save every ball. But doubles is a different kind of game. Everything is faster as Nadal explained in the press briefing after the game.

Nadal is very modest when describing the game, and he was also very modest during the press conference² when people focused³ on his career development. When a journalist asked him which method he should use to improve his skills, he said "everything".

Nadal didn't play as well this season as the last, having lost to Roger Federer in Doha. In September he lost to Novak Djokvic in the US open final. When asked if he was doing better last year when compared to this year, he was quite frank⁴. 

The world Number Two is going to play Garcia Lopez from Spain in the next round.

For CRI, this is Yunfeng in Shanghai.

1 Austria   

n.奥地利(欧洲国家)

参考例句：

• Austria lies to the southeast of Germany.奥地利位于德国东南。
• I always confuse Australia with Austria.我总是把澳大利亚同奥地利弄混。

2 conference   

n.（正式的）会议；讨论

参考例句：

• We're having a conference and we'd like you to sit in.我们将举行一次会议，希望你来旁听。
• The conference will come to a close this afternoon.今天下午会议闭幕。

3 focused   

adj.聚焦的v.（使）集中， （使）聚集( focus的过去式和过去分词 )；调整（镜头，眼睛）焦点[焦距]以便看清；（光、声等的）焦点；集中（光束于）

参考例句：

• Research has focused on improving the car's aerodynamics. 研究的重点是改善轿车的流线型。
• The discussion focused on three main problems. 讨论集中在三个主要问题上。

4 frank   

adj.坦白的，直率的，真诚的

参考例句：

• A frank discussion can help to clear the air.坦率的谈论有助于消除隔阂。
• She is frank and outgoing.她很爽朗。