Copenhagen WTA 2012 tennis tournament opens

 　　COPENHAGEN, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The Copenhagen WTA tennis tournament, a 220,000 U.S. dollar outdoor hardcourt event, opened at the Farum Arena¹ here Saturday.

　　The international event features 24 players, including world number six women's tennis player Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, who won the title in 2011 and 2010, and is tournament favorite this year.

　　Her first match this year will be against Urszula Radwanska from Poland who Wozniacki knows very well and has played several times.

　　"We will be no secrets out on the court. We know each other very well. But I look forward to play and I am very happy to be here in Denmark," Wozniacki said at a press conference just after the draw was made.

　　The singles qualification event runs Saturday to Sunday, with the main draw singles and doubles events beginning April 9. Both singles and doubles finals are scheduled for April 15.

　　Wozniacki, 21, is tournament top seed, while world number 14 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, 27, is second seed. The earliest that the two top seeds can play against each other will be at the tournament final, the event organizers say.

　　Germany's Angelique Kerber is seeded third, while France's Alize Cornet grabbed² the last spot.

　　Two wild cards for the main draw singles went to Russia's Yulia Putintseva and Denmark's Malou Ejdesgaard, while other three wildcards were for the singles qualification rounds.

　　The Copenhagen tournament, also known as the e-Boks Open, follows immediately after other hardcourt outdoor events in Miami and Indian Wells, in the United States. It is scheduled as a fixture³ on the WTA circuit⁴ till 2015, its organizers say.

1 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。

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 fixture   

n.固定设备；预定日期；比赛时间；定期存款

参考例句：

• Lighting fixture must be installed at once.必须立即安装照明设备。
• The cordless kettle may now be a fixture in most kitchens.无绳电热水壶现在可能是多数厨房的固定设备。

4 circuit   

n.电路，线路；环行，环行道

参考例句：

• Join those two ends of wire and you'll make a circuit.把那两个导线连接起来即构成一个电路。
• Where does this line tie in with the main circuit?这条线在哪里跟主线路连接在一起呢？