李娜向第一个温网冠军迈出第一步
China＊s most successful tennis player Li Na begins her charge toward her first Wimbledon title Monday night, playing her first round on Court 12 at 9:30 ET against Kazakhstan＊s Ksenia Pervak.

The 11th-seed from Wuhan admitted she felt less pressure entering the tournament compared to this time 12 months ago, which was just weeks after she claimed China＊s first Grand Slam title at the French Open.

※This year [I am] feeling more free,§ said the 30-year-old Ms. Li in a pretournament press conference, adding that the constant attention wasn＊t good for her game. ※Now I can do [as] much practice as I can. I can concentrate on the court,§ added the right-hander.

Asked what it would mean to hoist the Venus Rosewater Dish on the final Saturday, she joked her agent would have to do more work.

※I still remember after [the French Open victory], Max couldn＊t sleep for, how long, two weeks, a month. So I think it＊s tough for him,§ she said, referring to IMG sports agent Max Eisenbud who secured endorsement contracts worth at least $42 million, Bloomberg reported last August.

Ms. Li said she hadn＊t looked at her draw past the first round, but under one possible scenario she could meet Australian fifth-seed Samantha Stosur in the fourth round, Polish third-seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the quarterfinals and the world＊s No. 1 player, Russian Maria Sharapova, in the semifinals. Likely finalists from the draw＊s bottom half include second-seeded Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, four-time champion and sixth-seed American Serena Williams or defending champion and fourth-seed Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic.

But first, Ms. Li must overcome Ms. Pervak who upset German Andrea Petkovic atWimbledonlast year to progress to the fourth round. It was Ms. Pervak＊s only Grand Slam appearance in eight where she advanced past the first round.

Ms. Li who reached the quarterfinals of tennis＊s most prestigious tournament in 2006 and 2010 岸 leads their head-to-head count, having won their only previous meeting in the opening round of this year＊s Australian Open in straight sets.

Of Ms. Li＊s compatriots, 30th-seed Shuai Peng takes on Poland＊s Sandra Zaniewska while 25th-seed Jie Zheng facesCanada＊s Stephanie Dubois, both in first-time meetings.

In the men＊s draw, Taiwanese duo Yen-Hsun Lu and qualifier Jimmy Wang , playing for what in tennis tournaments like in the Olympics is called Chinese Taipei, face American young gun Ryan Harrison and 17th-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco respectively.

Mr. Lu was a surprise quarterfinalist in 2010 after he upset big-serving 2009 finalist Andy Roddick in the round of 16 but has lost both career meetings to Mr. Harrison including a 6-1, 7-6 loss last week in Eastbourne.

Mr. Wang, who reached a career-high ranking of 85 in 2006, and Mr. Verdasco have never met.
周一夜间，中国最成功的网球球员李娜开始为夺得自己的第一个温网冠军发起进攻。她的首轮比赛将于北京时间晚上6点30分在12号球场打响，对手是哈萨克斯坦的佩尔瓦克(Ksenia Pervak)。

Associated Press2011年温布尔登网球公开赛上，李娜在与德国选手利斯基（Sabine Lisicki）的比赛中回球。这名来自武汉的11号种子选手承认自己的参赛压力没有去年此时那么大。去年在参加温网比赛的几个星期之前，她刚刚在法网公开赛中夺得中国首个大满贯冠军。

30岁的李娜在赛前新闻发布会上说，今年我觉得更加自由。她还表示持续的关注对其比赛不利。右手打球的李娜说，现在我想做多少练习就能做多少练习，我可以把注意力集中在球场上。

有人问，如果周六决赛举起冠军银盘，那将意味着什么。她开玩笑回答说，那将意味着经纪人有更多活儿要做。

她说，我还记得在打赢法网公开赛之后，麦克斯很久睡不着，多久呢，两个星期，一个月？所以我觉得打赢比赛会让他日子难过。她所说的麦克斯是指IMG公司的体育经纪人麦克斯?埃森巴德(Max Eisenbud)。据彭博(Bloomberg)去年8月份报道，埃森巴德至少拉到了价值4,200万美元的代言合同。

李娜说她没有关注第一轮抽签结果之外的其他东西。但一种可能性是她在第四轮比赛中跟澳大利亚籍五号种子选手斯托瑟(Samantha Stosur)、在四分之一决赛中跟波兰籍三号种子选手拉德万斯卡(Agnieszka Radwanska)、半决赛中跟世界排名第一的俄罗斯选手莎拉波娃(Maria Sharapova)交锋。下半区可能成为决赛选手的包括白俄罗斯籍二号种子选手阿扎伦卡(Victoria Azarenka)、四度夺冠的美国籍六号种子选手小威廉姆斯(Serena Williams)和卫冕冠军、捷克籍四号种子选手科维托娃(Petra Kvitova)。

但李娜首先过佩尔瓦克这一关。佩尔瓦克在去年温网公开赛中击败德国选手佩特科维奇(Andrea Petkovic)进入第四轮。那是她在大满贯比赛中唯一一次打过首轮进入八强赛。

李娜在2006年和2010年打入温网半决赛，胜负统计领先佩尔瓦克。之前两人唯一一次交锋是在今年澳网比赛的首轮，当时李娜直落两局战胜了佩尔瓦克。

在其他中国选手当中，30号种子选手彭帅将与波兰选手泽尼沃斯卡(Sandra Zaniewska)、25号种子选手郑洁将与加拿大选手杜波依斯(Stephanie Dubois)对垒。两组选手都是头一次在球场上见面。

在男子组当中，中华台北队卢彦勋和王宇佐将分别面对美国籍新秀哈里森(Ryan Harrison)和西班牙籍17号种子选手沃达斯科(Fernando Verdasco)。

2010年，卢彦勋在16强比赛中击败2009年决赛选手罗迪克(Andy Roddick)，爆冷进入四分之一决赛。但在与哈里森有史以来的两场比赛中，他都以失败告终，包括上周在伊斯特本(Eastbourne)的一场比赛（两局比分分别为6-1和7-6）。

王宇佐在2006年取得85名的个人最高排名，他与沃达斯科从未有过交锋。