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Host China Matches Brazilian Effort in Women's China Shanghai Jinshan Open
女子沙排上海金山公开赛事东道主克制巴西人[/COLOR] [/SIZE]
Shanghai, China, May 26, 2006 - Host China joined Beach Volleyball power Brazil here Friday in advancing three women's teams each to the final rounds of the US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open.
中国上海,2006年5月26号-本周五,在总奖金40万美元中国上海金山公开赛事中,东道主中国队和沙排强国巴西队各有3对选手晋级最后一轮[/COLOR]
Joining the Brazilians and the Chinese in the 'elite eight' of the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event are fifth-seeded Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou of Greece and 10th-seeded Natalie Cook/Nicole Sanderson of Australia. Both tandems will start play Saturday in the elimination bracket with a possible meeting in a semi-final-qualifying match later in the day.
除了巴西选手和中国选手以外,进入SWATCH-FIVB世界巡回赛前八强的还有15号种子,希腊的Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou,以及10号种子,澳大利亚的Natalie Cook/Nicole Sanderson ,这两支队伍可能在半决赛资格赛中相遇[/COLOR]
Friday's top teams were top-seeded Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca of Brazil and third-seeded Tian Jia/Wang Jie of China as both tandems won two matches each to remain unbeaten in the second SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event of the season to advance to Saturday afternoon's semi-finals.
本周五,排名靠前的两只队伍是1号种子巴西的Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca和3号种子中国的田佳/王洁,这两对选手均取得两胜,并且在本季SWATCH-FIVB世界巡回赛第二站上保持不败,顺利晋级本周六下午的半决赛[/COLOR]
The advancement of two other Chinese teams against the top women's Beach Volleyball players in the world was 'good news' as the country prepares for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Also in the competition for China are ninth-seeded Zhang Ying/Zuo Man and 25th-seeded Chen Xue/Xi Zhang.
晋级的另外两队中国选手是19号种子张莹/左曼和25号种子张希-薛晨,她们将在下面的比赛中对抗世界顶级女子沙排选手,这两对中国选手的晋级对正在准备2008年北京奥运会的中国来说是个好消息。[/COLOR]
Fourth-seeded Renata Ribeiro and Talita Antunes of Brazil will play Chen Xue and Xi Zhang in an opening elimination match Saturday with the winner challenging second-seeded Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede of Brazil, who are making their seventh appearance in a SWATCH event in China since 1998.
4号种子巴西的Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede 将在周六的比赛中对阵子张希/薛晨,胜者将挑战2号种子,巴西的Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes,这是自1998年来,这对选手在中国的SWATCH比赛中第17次[[/COLOR]
Adriana and Shelda, who placed second in the 2005 China Shanghai Jinshan Open after losing to Juliana and Larissa in the finals, dropped into the elimination after losing 21-19 and 25-23 to Tian Jia and Wang Jie. Adriana and Shelda have won three gold medals in China with a second, a third and a fourth to their credit with #144,300 in earnings.
2005年中国上海金沙公开赛第二名,2号种子Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede在以10-21,23-25输给田佳/王洁后落入淘汰赛,这对选手在中国总共获得了三次冠军,一次第二,一次第三和一次第四,获得积分144.300[/COLOR]
Arvaniti and Karadassiou dropped a 21-14 and 21-14 decision to Juliana and Larissa in their final match Saturday to fall into the elimination bracket where they will play either Cook/Sanderson or Zhang Ying/Zuo Man for a 'final four' spot opposite Tian Jia and Wang Jie.
Arvaniti /Karadassiou在以14-21,14-21输给Juliana and Larissa后进入淘汰赛,本周六她们将对阵 Cook/Sanderson 或者张莹/左曼,以争夺对阵田佳/王洁的最后一个四强位置。[/COLOR]
'This is exciting to have three teams from our country still in contention for a medal this week,' said Tian Jia. She played very well today in winning our two matches against teams from Brazilian. We look forward to tomorrow's action, and hopefully, we can play Zhang Ying and Zuo Man in the semi-finals.
“这周我们有3对选手仍然在为奖牌奋斗,这真是太让人兴奋了”田佳说,“她在今天赢巴西选手的两局比赛中表现非常好,我们很期待明天的比赛,希望能在半决赛中与张莹/左曼会师”。[/COLOR]
Juliana and Larissa will be seeking their second-straight SWATCH-FIVB World Tour gold medal this season after upsetting reigning Olympic and World champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States two weeks ago in the finals at Modena, Italy.
Juliana/Larissa在两周前的意大利modena的决赛中,终结了奥运会和世界冠军美国的Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh的统治地位, 她们将在本赛季寻求第二个SWATCH-FIVB 世界巡回赛冠军。[/COLOR]
'The Chinese teams have really improved since the end of last season,' said Juliana. We are playing well, but we can still play better. We look forward to tomorrow, but the key now is to get some rest. Our goal is to repeat our gold medal performance here last year and validate our win two weeks ago in Italy.
“中国队从上个赛季以来取得了很大的进步,”Juliana说,“我们打的很好,但我们还可以打的更好一些,我们期待明天的比赛,但现在最主要是休息一下。我们的目标是像去年一样在这里取得冠军,巩固我们2周前在意大利取得的胜利。”[/COLOR]
Tian Jia and Wang Jie claimed the bronze medal in the women's 2006 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour season opener in Italy. It was their first international event together as the Chinese's only defeats in Modena were to the Brazilian and American finalists.
田佳和王洁在意大利举行的2006年女子SWATCH-FIVB世界巡回公开赛中夺得铜牌,这是她们第一次一起代表中国参加国际比赛,在这场比赛中,她们只输给了来自巴西和美国的冠亚军选手。[/COLOR]
The China Shanghai Jinshan Open marks the ninth-straight year that China has hosted a women's SWATCH stop. The 2006 event also features men's play where Main Draw competition continues through Saturday where an All-Brazilian finale pits second-seeded Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes against fifth-seeded Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto. The SWATCH tour splits next week with the women in Athens and the men in Croatia.[/QUOTE]
中国上海金沙公开赛是中国第9次主办女子 SWATCH 分站赛事。2006年的比赛也包括男子赛事,本周六男子比赛主要的竞争是来自巴西的两对决赛选手,2号种子Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes 和15号种子Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto。下周, SWATCH 巡回赛男子比赛和女子比赛将分别移师克罗埃西亚和雅典。[/COLOR]
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