北京时间7月23日，世界女排联赛总决赛阶段的比赛在中国澳门继续进行。四分之一决赛，世界排名第7位的中国女排与世界排名第3位的美国女排狭路相逢，最终双方激战五局，中国女排以3比2胜出。 American Airlines is reporting a $545 million loss for the third quarter in contrast with the huge profits posted by its two closest rivals.American said its results were dragged down by $983 million in charges related to a new labor contract with its pilots, but United Airlines and Delta Air Lines reached similar deals with their pilots and still earned $1.1 billion each in the quarter. Labor costs at American jumped 17%, an increase of nearly $600 million, which was roughly offset by lower fuel prices than a year ago.American's revenue was roughly flat with last summer, compared with 12% and 11% increases at United and Delta.There are already concerns over rising costs for airlines as fuel prices surge at the same time that travel has begun to slow. Fuel prices are still lower than they were last year, but the loss at American could add to anxiety over burdensome costs across the industry. Citing rising fuel prices on Wednesday, United Airlines gave a surprisingly weak end-of-year forecast after a solid third quarter, sending shares major carriers lower. United also noted the suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv because of the Israel-Hamas war.American Airlines Group Inc., based in Fort Worth, Texas, said its earnings excluding special items worked out to 38 cents per share. Analysts expected 25 cents per share, according to a FactSet survey.Revenue of $13.48 billion was slightly below Wall Street forecasts.American, which took on new debt during the pandemic, said it paid down $1.4 billion in debt during the quarter.Shares of American rose about 2% before the opening bell. Company executives will discuss the results with analysts and reporters later Thursday.。在此前的分站赛阶段，中国女排在中国南京站3胜1负、土耳其安卡拉站2胜2负、中国香港站1胜3负，共取得6个胜场，在参赛球队中排在第9位。虽然未能排进前8，但中国女排还是依靠东道主身份成为总决赛阶段的8支参赛队之一，但这也意味着中国女排在四分之一决赛就要遭遇分站赛阶段的头名球队美国女排。美国女排在分站赛阶段揽下10个胜场，以小分优势力压意大利女排位列榜首。谈及这个对手，中国女排队长龚翔宇直言，美国队今年有了更多优秀队员的补充，整体打法“非常快”。这场较量，对以年轻球员为主的中国女排来说，是一个严峻的考验。开局之后，实力占优的美国女排率先拉开分差，取得了7比2的领先，中国女排很快用掉两次暂停机会，但还是难以挽回场上的劣势。15比25，中国女排先丢一局。经过局间休息，中国女排在第二局积极寻找状态，成功咬住比分。战至7比7后，美国队连得三分，中国队立刻叫出暂停，随后中国女排顽强追分，并在发球上给对手施加压力，终于在局末阶段完成反超，以25比23扳回一局。第三局，打出气势的中国女排与对手展开激战，继续利用高质量发球冲击对手。以21比16打停美国女排后，中国女排没有放过机会，以25比20拿下这一局，取得大比分2比1领先。被逼到绝境后，美国女排在稳定一传的基础上加强了进攻，中国女排被打乱了节奏。第四局中国女排以17比25失利后，双方来到最后的决胜局较量，最终第五局中国女排以15比13胜出，闯进本届赛事四强。
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