Chinese veteran Li Na has marched into the French Open third
round with a 7-5, 6-3 win against Russian 27th seed Anna
Chakvetadze.
Li's compatriot Sun Tiantian, however, suffered a 6-1, 6-3 loss
to Czech 16th seed Nicole Vaidisova.
Chinese rising star Peng Shuai was forced to retire from the
tournament due to injury trailing Croatian Karolina Sprem 6-4,
4-3.
In women's doubles, Australian Open champions Zheng Jie and Yan
Zi, fourth seed of the tournament, stunned American Carly
Gullickson and Australian Bryanne Stewart 6-2, 6-4 to enter the
second round.
China's Yuan Meng teamed up with Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova
to sweep their Belarussian rivals 6-3, 6-0.
(CRI English June 1, 2006)
