Feng said that liu had been trying to simulate in training the two-hour turnaround between the semifinals and final , which will be held on thursday night , but that the narrow window had not allowed his achilles to recover between races .
American sloane stephens , the world no. 17 , cracked the top 20 for the first time after she reached the semifinals in melbourne this year at all of 19 years old .
Cristiano ronaldo , portugal -- ronaldo hasn 't really brought his club form to the international party too often , but he insists he 's saving himself for the main event and was certainly key to portugal 's progression to the semifinals last time around .
Psv reached the champions league semifinals in 2005 .
2005年,埃因霍温杀入到欧洲冠军联赛半决赛中。
So winning two titles and playing the semifinals of wimbledon made it an incredible year .
所以能够赢得两个冠军头衔,并在温网打入半决赛造就了这个奇迹之年。
In 2006 , with the program in its infancy , the u.s. fell short at the world championships , losing to greece in the semifinals .
这个计划开始于2006年,原因是美国队在希腊队面前止步半决赛,失去了世界冠军。
Dozens of countries , so disparate , so far removed from each other , were surely wishing for ghana to become the first african nation to reach the semifinals of the world cup .