Once she wins it -- and she should, with Serena Williams absent -- who knows?

一旦夺冠成功——小威的缺阵，应该能行吧——谁知道呢？

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Though other seeded players, including Serena Williams and Tomas Berdych, withdrew or retired from the event, Petkovic said she'd rather perish than pull out.

尽管其他的种子选手，包括小威、伯蒂奇等放弃或退出了比赛，但佩特科维奇却表示，她宁可去死，也不愿离开。

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A more defensive player than even Murray, she was out-powered by li, Daniela Hantuchova, Dominika Cibulkova and Serena Williams at the majors.

一个甚至比穆雷更防守型球员，她在大满贯比赛上输给了李娜，汉图楚娃，齐布尔科娃，小威。

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Though Americans Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams and Serena Williams won the U.S. Open six times in the past 20 years, the only other female to claim victory at home was France's Mary Pierce, clinching Roland Garros in 2000.

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The U.S. team is without the Williams sisters Serena and Venus as well as Australian Open semifinalist Sloane Stephens.

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The absence of the Williams sisters Serena and Venus proved crucial for the U.S., with Italy's greater experience proving the difference on the clay as they added a second Fed Cup to their previous victory in 2006.

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