Zheng Jie came from behind to upset 11th seeded Shinobu Asagoe in three sets as a series of impressive performances by Chinese women on the WTA Tour continued this week.
Zheng beat Japan's Asagoe 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-0 on Monday to reach the second round of the J.P. Morgan Chase Open where she will face either Russian Evgenia Linetskaya or Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine.
Last week at the WTA San Diego tournament, 19-year-old Peng Shuai, of China, stunned former World No 1 Kim Clijsters in the quarter-finals before losing in straight sets in the semis to eventual winner Mary Pierce.
In another first round battle on Monday, Italian 13th seed Francesca Schiavone rolled over Dally Randriantefy 7-5, 6-3. Other seeds to advance include Anna Chakvetadze of Russia (16th) and Marion Bartoli (17th) of France.
RESULTS(x denotes seed):
(FIRST ROUND): Samantha Stosur (AUS) bt Alina Jidkova (RUS) 6-3, 6-2; Gisela Dulko (ARG x14) bt Fabiola Zuluaga (COL) 6-3, 6-3; Zheng Jie (CHN) bt Shinobu Asagoe (JPN x11) 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-0; Francesca Schiavone (ITA x13) bt Dally Randriantefy (MAD) 7-5, 6-3; Rika Fujiwara (JPN) bt Antonella Serra Zanetti (ITA) 6-0, 6-2; Amy Frazier (USA) bt Abigail Spears (USA) 7-6 (8/6), 6-0; Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) bt Li Na (CHN) 7-5, 6-4; Klara Koukalova (CZE) bt Maja Matevzic (SLO) 7-6 (7/3), 6-1; Varvara Lepchenko (UZB) bt Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 6-1, 7-6 (8/6); Maria Kirilenko (RUS) bt Marissa Irvin (USA) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Marion Bartoli (FRA x17) bt Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 6-1, 6-4.
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