Rafael Nadal Out of Wimbledon in First Round

　　Wimbledon has claimed its first major victim.

 

　　French Open Champion Rafael Nadal has been bounced¹ from Championships, going down to 135th-ranked Belgian Steve Darcis in straight sets.

 

　　CRI's London correspondent² Tu Yun has more.

 

　　Two weeks ago, Nadal set a record in becoming the first man to win eight titles at the same grand slam³ tournament at the French Open in Paris.

 

　　Two weeks later, the Spaniard set another personal record - but one he'll probably want to forget.

 

　　For the first time in his career, Nadal has failed to survive the first round of a grand slam.

 

　　Though there has been a lot talk about his lingering⁴ knee injury, the 5th seed is refusing to make it an excuse.

 

　　"The only thing that I can say today is congratulate Steve Darcis. He played a fantastic match. Everything that I will say today about my knee is an excuse, and I don't like to put any excuse when I'm losing a match like I lost today. He deserves⁵ not one excuse."

 

　　135th seeded Steve Darcis clinched⁶ the upset with a straight-set 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 victory.

 

　　"I think today I serve very good. I could use a lot of slice. And I think he didn't like it so much. Of course, he didn't play his best tennis. But I knew it is the first match on grass for him. Me, I played already four. So I think it helped me today."

 

　　Meanwhile, other major seeds including defending champion Roger Federer and British favorite Andy Murray have advanced without any trouble.

 

　　On the women's side, all the top seeds in Monday's action, including Russia's Maria Sharapova and Belarus's Victoria Azarenka, have also reached the second round.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Tu Yun at Wimbledon.

1 bounced   

v.弹回( bounce的过去式和过去分词 )；（电子邮件）被退回；拒付；（朝某个方向）颠簸行进

参考例句：

• The ball bounced twice before he could reach it. 球弹了两次他才接到。
• The new car bounced along the bumpy mountain road. 这辆新车在崎岖的山路上颠簸行驶。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 correspondent   

n.记者，通信者；adj.符合的，一致的，相当的

参考例句：

• He volunteered as a correspondent for the war.他自愿担任作报道这次战争的记者。
• The result was correspondent with my wishes.结果与我的愿望是一致的。

3 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？

4 lingering   

a.拖延的，依依不舍的

参考例句：

• a painful and lingering death 痛苦而拖延时日的死亡
• Unemployment and lingering disease cooperated to make his family broken. 失业加上长期的疾病，使他倾家荡产。

5 deserves   

v.应受，应得，值得( deserve的第三人称单数 )；应受报答；应得报酬；应得赔偿

参考例句：

• A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon. 不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is the only poet in this country that deserves the name. 他是这个国家唯一的一位名副其实的诗人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 clinched   

v.（尤指两人）互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 )；解决（争端、交易），达成（协议）

参考例句：

• The two businessmen clinched the deal quickly. 两位生意人很快达成了协议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Evidently this information clinched the matter. 显然，这一消息使问题得以最终解决。 来自辞典例句