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Sports / Tennis
Yan Zi loses to American Spears at China Open
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-09-18 21:27
China's Yan Zi was ousted by Abigail Spears of the United States 7-5, 6-3
at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing on Tuesday.
Yan, ranked 74th in the world, delivered two aces during the whole match
against her opponent's none, but she also made five double errors
compared with Spears' two.
Yan broke Spears' serve in the sixth game, but Spears caught up finally
to win the first set 7-5.
In the second set, Yan Zi could not find her rhythm and Spears won 6-3
breezily.
Yan said: "My tactics was wrong. Spears is stronger than me, and she
played aggressively. I should have not tried to suppress her by strength."
In Tuesday's other matches, Chinese Peng Shuai beat her compariot Xu
Yifan 6-1, 6-4 easily, and Chinese Sun Tian'tian, Athens gold medal
winner in women's doubles, lost to Martina Hingis of Switzerland 5-7, 3-6.
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