Take Away English-Wimbledon Warm-up 温布尔登热身

Maria Sharapova - a star of women's tennis With less than a month to go until the start of this years Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship, its time to take a look at some of the players in contention for the most famous prize in tennis. Roger Federer

2007年VOA标准英语-Wimbledon Evens Prize Money for Men and Women

By David Byrd Washington 22 February 2007 After years of debate and criticism, the All England Club says men's and women's tennis players will earn the same amount of prize money at this year's Wimbledon Championships. As VOA's David Byrd reports, th

2006年VOA标准英语-Agassi, Roddick, Williams Lose at Wimbledon

By VOA Sports Washington, DC 01 July 2006 Andre Agassi kisses the crowd good bye at Wimbledon Saturday was a bad day for American tennis players at Wimbledon, with Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and defending champion Venus Williams all knocked out of t

Wimbledon Line Judge

BBC Learning English Weekender Wimbledon Line Judge Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. This weekend, as well as the World Cup football there is another big sporting event that I'll be watching, and that's Wimbledon. Wimbledon

VOA标准英语2008年-African Athletics Championships Draws Star-Stud

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 01 May 2008 The African Athletics Championships are underway in Addis Ababa, featuring some of the continent's premier track and field stars. From the site of the competition, VOA's Peter Heinlein reports many athletes a

IAAF president satisfied with venue for 2015 world championships

IAAF president satisfied with venue for 2015 world championships BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- The main stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, known as the Bird's Nest, has been picked as the venue for the world athletics championships in 2015

Williams crowned in WTA Championships

Williams crowned in WTA Championships ISTANBUL, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday in Istanbul and claimed the WTA Championships title for the third time in her career. Since her first-round loss at the French

Lisicki, Bartoli to Battle in Wimbledon Final

Sabine Lisicki of Germany celebrates her victory over Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in their semi-final match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 04 July 2013. [Photo: CFP] This year's Venus Rosewa

Djokovic to Take on Murray in Wimbledon Final

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic (L) has survived one of the longest semifinals at the All England Club to set up a final clash with Britain's No. 1 Andy Murray (R). [Photo: sports.sina.com.cn] World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is one step closer to his second Wi

China's Zheng Jie eyes Olympic glory at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese tennis player Zheng Jie has won the women's doubles champion and reached semifinals in singles at both Wimbledon and Australian Open, but she said she has a kind of special feeling to the Olympic Games.

Venus edges out Date-Krumm in three sets at Wimbledon

LONDON, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams needed to fight for nearly three hours to edge out the 40- year-old Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm in the women's second round at the 125th Wimbledon Champoinships on Wednesd

Murray ousts Ljubicic to reach Wimbledon last 16

WIMBLEDON, England, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Fourth seed Andy Murray advanced into the last 16 at Wimbledon on Friday at the cost of Croatian Ivan Ljubicic in 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/4). The British top player will face French 17th seed Richard Gasquet on M

Federer ousted from Wimbledon quarterfinals

LONDON, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Swiss legend Roger Federer was ousted from the Wimbledon Championships after losing to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 4-6, 4-6 on Wednesday. The six-time Wimbledon champion Federer suddenly lost his sharpn

Federer, Nadal into Wimbledon last 16

WIMBLEDON, England, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams all won in straight sets Saturday to move into the last 16 at the Wimbledon Championship. Six-time champion Federer beat David Nalbandian 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 to move cl

China's Li Na eliminated from Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- China's French Open champion Li Na crashed out of Wimbledon on Thursday, losing 3-6, 6-4, 8-6 to German wildcard Sabine Lisicki in the second round. 65th-ranked Lisicki will tackle Japanese qualifier Misaki Doi, who kno

China's Li Na hopes to do better this year at Wimbledon

LONDON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- China's first Grand Slam champion Li Na said here on Saturday that she hopes to do better this year than her second round loss in last Wimbledon. The 30-year-old shocked the world by breaking through at the French Open to

Li Na breezes into second round at Wimbledon

LONDON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- French Open champion Li Na of China defeated Alla Kudryavtseva from Russia 6-3, 6-3 to reach the women 's singles second round at the Wimbledon Championships on Tuesday. It's tough, said, the third seed, who took 67 minute

New Rules to End Never-Ending Tennis Match

American Andy Roddick knows something about playing in tennis matches that seem to never end. In 2003, Roddick won an Australian Open quarterfinal that ended with a score of 21-19 in the fifth set. He also lost the 2009 Wimbledon Championship final a

German No. 1 Petkovic to miss Paris, Wimbledon Open

BERLIN, April 27 (Xinhua) -- German No. 1 Andrea Petkovic suffered another injury and will be sidelined for three months to miss both the French Open and Wimbledon. The 24-year-old world No. 12th, who's just making her comeback from a back injury, ba

听播客学英语 237 温网公开赛

The Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2006 have begun. Wimbledon is a place in south-west London. Tennis championships have taken place there every year since 1877. And, because this is England, there are important traditions about tennis at Wimbledon.