6 Sep 2010 AAP Samantha Stosur has advanced to the US Open quarterfinals with a tense, courageous and historic three-set victory over Elena Dementieva in the Grand Slam that never sleeps. Sam Stosur 进入到美网八强，以胆量与具历史意义的三盘胜利，在这夜不眠的赛事里， 击败Dementieva。 Stosur survived four match points and some controversial scheduling to eclipse the Russian 12th seed 6-3 2-6 7-6(2) and set up a last-eight showdown on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) with defending champion Kim Clijsters. 她逃过四个赛末点，在这充满话题性的对决里，以6-3 2-6 7-6(2)的比数撂倒对手， 将在星期二(美国时间)挑战卫冕冠军，Kim Clijsters。 Stosur and Dementieva only started the gripping fourth-round encounter at 10:57 pm local time and finished at 1:37 am after Open organisers thrust women into the second feature night match at the Open two evenings running for the first time. It was the latest finishing women’s singles match in US Open history. 这充满吸引力的第四轮赛事，为大会安排晚间第二场的压轴，第一次从当地时间 晚上10:57分进行到凌晨1:37。 同时也创下美网女子赛事，结束时间最晚的纪录。 The New York major is notorious for rowdy crowds and late-night finishes, but tennis legend Martina Navratilova said it was unfair that Stosur and Dementieva should have to follow a men’s best-of-five-set clash onto Arthur Ashe Stadium. 美网最恶名昭彰的不外乎是吵闹的群众以及赛程持续到很晚， 女网传奇名将Martina Navratilova表示，要她们在男子选手进行完比赛後，接下来打 ，对两名选手并不公平。 Making matters worse was the preceding match involved marathon man John Isner, who featured against Nicolas Mahut in the record-setting 11-hour, five-minute saga at Wimbledon in June. Fortunately, Russian Mikhail Youzhny required “only” three-and-a-quarter hours to put Isner to bed. 另一项糟糕的赛事，是在六月份举行的温网，美国选手John Isner与Nicolas Mahut 马拉松式地花了十一小时又五分钟，才结束比赛。 幸好今天俄国选手Mikhail Youzhny"只"用了三小时又十五分钟， 就让Isner回家睡觉去了。 Still, Navratilova questioned the scheduling. “Nobody trains to go to play at midnight. No player can be ready for that,” Navratilova said on American TV. “How do you stay awake? Drink some coffee. I never played a singles match this late.” 但她仍质疑这场赛事的安排不当: "没有人会在半夜练习，更别说选手为此时段准备比赛了。" "你要选手如何保持清醒? 靠喝咖啡? 我从来没打过这麽晚的女单赛事。" Stosur, though, had far greater concerns after staring down the barrel deep in the deciding set.Dementieva struck a forehand wide on her first match point trying to serve it out at 5-3.The French Open runner-up then bravely staved off another three match points in the next game to level at 5-5. Several opportunities lost, Dementieva crumbled to drop serve again the following game to hand Stosur the chance to finish the job. This time Stosur missed her chance, Dementieva forcing the Queenslander into a backhand error on her first match point, before breaking to force the tiebreaker. Finally, though, it was Stosur – who also saved a match point against world No.1 Serena Williams in this year’s French Open quarterfinals – who prevailed when Dementieva fired a forehand long after two hours and 38 minutes. 正当Stosur在决胜盘，深谋远虑地，以重炮式的底线压制对手。Dementieva却以一个正拍 失误丧失了第一个赛末点的大好机会，局数5-3。 法网女单亚军接着俐落地逃过三个赛末点，将局数逼成了5-5。 错失了多次机会後，Dementieva积极地破对手发球，并试图掌控情势， 这时Stosur也错失了一个赛末机会，Dementieva造成这位澳洲女将的反手失误， 将决胜盘带进了抢七局。 Stosur曾在法网八强赛，从球后Serena Williams手中保下赛末点。最终，成功地因 Dementieva一个过长的反手击球，结束了长达两小时又三十八分钟的比赛。 “I feel unbelievable right now,” an ecstatic Stosur said. “I think we both played a great match. We went for it and just gave it our best, so to have a match like that here’s just fantastic.” Stosur高兴地表示，"这一切显得很不可思议"。 "我想我们俩都贡献出一场好比赛，我们用尽一切展现最好的一面，所以能在这里进行 这样的比赛，感觉非常棒。" After snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, Stosur had no complaints about the lateness of the match in the so-called city that never sleeps. “It’s good to make history, I guess,” she said. “It’s a great atmosphere out here. “It was always going to be tough following the guys but whenever everybody stays around and cheers and supports us like that, it couldn’t be any better.” Stosur在抱走了胜利之後，并没有对这大家称之为夜不眠的赛事，提出任何抱怨。 她对此表示: "我想，能创下美网女单最晚收场的历史纪录，是一件不错的事。这里的比赛气氛很好。" "就算排在男单之後，但无论何时有群众的加油和支持声围绕，是再好不过的事了。" Some of Stosur’s power hitting amazed Navratilova and fellow former world No.1 Tracy Austin. “Wow, that’s just when you say ‘that’s too good’,” Navratilova marvelled at one of Stosur’s sizzling half-volley forehand drives. Austin was equally enthralled sitting courtside. “This is phenomenal tennis,” she said. “I don’t get the opportunity to watch from down here very often and I tell you they’re smacking the ball. “I think they’re hitting harder than the the guys in the first match.” 一些Stosur的强力击球，惊艳了Navratilova和前世界第一Tracy Austin。 "哇，那只能说太棒了。" Navratilova对Stosur一次正拍的半截击控制发出赞叹。 Austin同样着迷地在场边观看着。 "这真是杰出的网球" 她说，"我不常有机会坐在场边观看，我只能说球发出的碰撞 声音栩栩如生。"我觉得她们两位甚至比第一场的男子选手，更用力地抽击。" --

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