Federer beats Davydenko to set up Tomic meeting

 　　MELBOURNE, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Wimbledon champion Rofer Federer advanced to the third round at the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Russian Nikolay Davydenko here on Thursday.

　　The two 31-year-olds know each other well, on court at least. After turning pro¹ just a year apart, they've since met on 19 occasions, with Federer besting the Russian scrambler in all but two of their matches.

　　Former world No. 3 Davydenko hasn't enjoyed a career as consistent as that of his opponent. He didn't win a single title in 2012, which was the first time in nine years that he has failed to capture some silverware.

　　The 17-time Grand Slam champion Federer had few problems with the quirky, 40th-ranked Russian, winning in one hour 59 minutes in a night match on Rod Laver Arena².

　　Federer soon had Davydenko under pressure, breaking the Russian's service in the sixth game, and he cruised to the opening set in 42 minutes.

　　He followed up with a service break in Davydenko's opening service game to take the second set in a similar time and broke him again in the first game of the final set to steam home.

　　Federer stretched his record over Davydenko to 18-2 with a dominant³ performance containing three service breaks from 13 break point opportunities.

　　Federer made more unforced errors in his latest match, 42 to his 35 winners, but he was always in command of the Russian, whose last win against the 31-year-old Swiss legend was three years ago at Doha.

　　Federer will now meet the only Australian felt in the draw. The four-time Australian Open champion will play 20-year-old Bernard Tomic on Saturday for a spot in the top 16.

　　Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm continued her winning trip at the age of 42, beating Shahar Peer of Israel 6-2, 7-5 in women's event second round.

　　Date-Krumm, who is 17 year elder than former world No.11 Peer, won Thursday's match in straight sets and advanced to the third round. An early break in the first set proved to be the perfect start for crowd favorite Date-Krumm. The diminutive⁴ Japanese chaser is a master at turning her opponent's pace on her.

　　She did this to perfection in the seventh game as she effected yet another break to comfortably take the opening set 6-2.

　　The second set was more of an arm wrestle⁵ as Date-Krumm and Peer traded breaks with alarming regularity⁶. In all there were seven breaks of serve for the set as the sun beat down on the players.

　　Despite Peer getting the second set back on equal terms, Date-Krumm played a stunning⁷ crosscourt backhand winner,which was the final treat for the loyal crowd who braved the heat to watch the match on Court 6 and Date-Krumm didn't disappoint, closing out the match to keep her dream alive.

　　Date-Krumm took her first Australian Open victory since 1996 on Monday by upsetting No.12 seed Nadia Petrova. Today's victory made her the second-oldest women to reach the third round of a Grand Slam at 42 years, 111 days, just after Renee Richards, who was 45 years, 8 days old when she reached the third round of the U.S. Open in 1979.

　　In Thursday's other matches, US Open champion Andy Murray powered into the third round after the victory over Joao Sousa of Portugal while Serena Williams shook off an ankle injury to take a solid 6-2, 6-0 victory over Spainish Garbine Muguruza.

1 pro   

n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者

参考例句：

• The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
• Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？

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 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

4 diminutive   

adj.小巧可爱的，小的

参考例句：

• Despite its diminutive size,the car is quite comfortable.尽管这辆车很小，但相当舒服。
• She has diminutive hands for an adult.作为一个成年人，她的手显得非常小。

5 wrestle   

vi.摔跤，角力；搏斗；全力对付

参考例句：

• He taught his little brother how to wrestle.他教他小弟弟如何摔跤。
• We have to wrestle with difficulties.我们必须同困难作斗争。

6 regularity   

n.规律性，规则性；匀称，整齐

参考例句：

• The idea is to maintain the regularity of the heartbeat.问题就是要维持心跳的规律性。
• He exercised with a regularity that amazed us.他锻炼的规律程度令我们非常惊讶。

7 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。