Let M be a hyperbolic Riemann surface with the first eigenvalue \(\lambda _1(M)>0\) . Let \(\rho \) denote the distance from a fixed point \(x_0\in {M}\) and \(r_x\) the injectivity radius at x. We show that there exists a numerical constant \(c_0>0\) such that if \( r_x\ge c_0 \lambda _1(M)^{-3/4} \rho (x)^{-1/2} \) holds outside some compact set of M, then the Bergman distance verifies \( d_\textrm{B}(x,x_0) \gtrsim \log [1+\rho (x)]. \)