1月11日，在深圳市龙岗区体育中心中央球场内,俄罗斯球员亚力桑德洛娃耗时73分钟，以6-2，6-4击败哈萨克斯坦球员莱巴基娜夺得2020年深圳公开赛冠军。请看本报昨日的报道：

Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova captured her maiden WTA singles title at the Shenzhen Open on Saturday, powering past Elena Rybakina 6-2, 6-4 in the final.

The fifth seed, playing in only her second WTA title clash and first since Linz in 2018, breezed through the first set and staved off a potential comeback from her Kazakh opponent in the next to become the first tour champion of 2020.

“The whole week was pretty good for me, I think, right from the start,” said Alexandrova, who only dropped one set throughout the tournament in southern China.

Having lost the opening set, seventh seed Rybakina raced ahead 4-2 in the second set, but Alexandrova held her nerve to reel off the next four games and secure victory.

报道中的stave off就是“避开”的意思。例如：

Caring for a grandchild might help elders stave off loneliness, a new research suggests.

最近的一项调查表明，照看孙辈可以帮助老人排遣寂寞。