Sharapova into 3rd round at Doha Open

 　　DOHA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Maria Sharapova easily reached the third round of the Qatar Open on Tuesday, beating French qualifier Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-2.

　　The third-ranked Russian, who won the tournament in her two previous appearances, broke Garcia twice to go up 3-0 in the first set. Garcia won the next two games but Sharapova then broke for a third time.

　　The second set went with serve through the first five games until Sharapova broke to go up 4-2, and she clinched¹ the victory when the Frenchwoman hit a forehand long.

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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