defending champion

基本解释

She will now face either defending champion Serena Williams or Belarusian Victoria Azarenka for a place in the final.
在半决赛中，李娜的对手将是卫冕冠军小威廉姆斯和白俄罗斯选手阿扎伦卡之间的胜者。
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Defending champion Schiavone was broken twice in the match and but converted just one of her two break-point opportunities.
卫冕冠军斯齐亚沃尼在比赛中被两次破发，在她的两次破发机会中也只抓住了一次。
In Melbourne, all eyes will be on the newly unretired Justine Henin, last year’s comeback champ, Kim Clijsters, and defending champion Serena Williams.
墨尔本，全球的目光都集中在了这些人的身上，她们是功成名就的海宁，去年复出夺后的克里斯特尔斯以及卫冕冠军小威廉姆斯。

In nineteen ninety the Indomitable Lions, as they are called, defeated defending champion Argentina and reached the quarterfinals.
The Yankees won their with a four games to two win over the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies.
Taking the silver medal, 0.38 seconds back,was two-time defending champion Andre Lange of Germany.

"You can't lie about it — the greens are shaky, " defending champion Rickie Fowler said Wednesday.
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