Zheng Jie loses in French Open (crienglish.com) Updated: 2005-05-25 08:48
Chinese Zheng Jie has suffered 6/3 3/6 6/4 loss to Francesca Schiavone of
Italy at the first round of French Open, where she entered last 16 a year ago.
![](xin_4405022508543363254912.jpg) China's Jie Zheng returns the ball to Italy's
Francesca Schiavone during their first round match of the French Open
tennis tournament at Roland Garros stadium, Tuesday May 24, 2005 in Paris.
[AP] | Zheng lost the command to the rival in
the opening set and conceded the loss without any chance to break. But she
fought back in the second with a break in the 6th game and levelled the score.
In the decider, Zheng managed a break in the start and took a 2 nil lead.
However consecutive faults in the fourth buried her vantage but lifted
Schiavone's morale, with which the Italian get the upper hand 5-3 and clinched
the victory.
Zheng's loss makes 19-year-old Peng Shuai the only Chinese hope in the
women's singles competition. The girl is to take on Lindsay Davenport of the U.S
in the second round.
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