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Peng upsets 3rd seed in San Diego Classic
Chinese teenager Peng Shuai upset third-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia 7-5, 6-4 in the second round of the San Diego Classic women's tennis in California on Tuesday.
"I'm happy, but I have to keep going," said Peng, playing in just her second tournament in more than two months. The 19-year-old Chinese from Hunan province who resides in Boca Raton, Florida, said she has learned a lot from playing in a number of tough matches this season. Her biggest career victory came against another Russian, then third-ranked Anastasia Myskina, whom she beat 6-1, 6-3 in the Sydney event in January. She also upset top 10-ranked Nadia Petrova in the same event. Peng nearly upset top-ranked Lindsay Davenport at the French Open. She had a 6-3, 5-4 lead, and was ahead 30-15 before succumbing in three sets. "It was a tough first-round match," Dementieva said. "She has a pretty solid game, the whole package. She's very aggressive from the baseline. She's playing at a high level."
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