Australian Open 2026
女子シングルス，第16シードの大坂なおみ選手はフルセットの末，
勝利して，3回戦へ。3回戦は予選上がりのオーストラリアの選手相手なので，
ロッド・レーバー・アリーナの可能性が高いですね。
4回戦で第2シードのシフィオンテク選手と当たるドローなので，
3回戦も勝利して，4回戦でのシフィオンテク戦を実現してほしいですね。
内島萌夏選手は第21シードのメルテンス選手相手にストレート負けでした。
本日の将棋棋戦
朝日杯，午前の対局，丸山忠久九段がなんと遅刻で不戦敗，
阿部健治郎七段が不戦勝となり，午後の対局へ。
近藤誠也八段が豊島将之九段に短手数で勝利して，午後の対局へ。
午後の対局は，阿部健治郎七段が勝ち，伊藤匠二冠が待つ準決勝へ。
近藤八段は二連覇ならず。
叡王戦本戦トーナメント，古賀悠聖六段が服部慎一郎七段に勝ち，
ベスト8入り。
加藤一二三九段が肺炎のため，亡くなったようです。
加藤九段はクリスチャンでしたよね。Rest in Peace.
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forge verb
uk /fɔːdʒ/ us /fɔːrdʒ/
forge verb (MAKE)
[T] to make or produce, esp. with difficulty:
Baker had worked for months to forge a peace plan that both sides could accept.
pound verb [I or T]
uk /paʊnd/ us /paʊnd/
pound verb [I/T] (HIT)
to hit repeatedly with force, or to crush by hitting repeatedly:
[T] The speaker pounded his fists on the table.
[I] Waves were pounding at the rocks.
If your heart pounds, it beats very strongly:
[I] My heart was still pounding after we nearly crashed on the Interstate.
impurity noun
uk /ɪmˈpjʊə.rə.ti/ us /ɪmˈpjʊr.ə.t̬i/
impurity noun (MIXED)
[C or U] the fact that a substance is dirty or lower in quality because it is mixed with another substance, or something that causes this:
Impurities are removed from the blood by the kidneys.
The impurity of the water is a health risk.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
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