PARIS -- Maria Sharapova stormed into the French Open last 16 onSaturday, June 2, brushing aside China's Peng Shuai 6-2, 6-1, whilesemi-final rivals Li Na and Petra Kvitova labored to reach thesecond week. Second seed Sharapova fired 27 winners past 28th seed Peng in a66-minute Philippe Chatrier court demolition. The Russian, a semi-finalist in 2011, and seeking a French Opentitle to complete a career Grand Slam, has lost just five games inthree rounds. She will next face Czech veteran Klara Zakopalova who put outRussian 22nd seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3, 7-5. Defending champion Li Na, the seventh seed, battled back to defeatAmerica's Christina McHale 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.
The 30-year-old Li had to draw upon her 10-year age gap to prevailover the 36th-ranked American, who had fallen in the first round in2010 and 2011. Italian 14th seed Francesca Schiavone, the 2010 champion andrunner-up to Li last year, lost 3-6, 6-3, 8-6 to America's VarvaraLepchenko, the world number 63, who has reached the last 16 of aGrand Slam for the first time. Schiavone, the oldest player left in the tournament at 31, willlose her place in the world top 20 as a result of her defeat. Also going out was former world number one Caroline Wozniacki, theninth seed, who lost to 23rd seed Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, 6-1, 6-7(3/7), 6-3. Kanepi, a quarter-finalist in 2008, needed five match points toseal the win and will face Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus who put outGerman 25th seed Julia Goerges 7-6 (7/5), 2-6, 6-2.
Uzbekistan-born Lepchenko, who had defeated 19th seed JelenaJankovic in the second round, squandered the opportunity to servefor the match in the ninth game of the decider, but held her nervein the 14th. It was the 26-year-old's second successive win over Schiavone,having also won in three sets in the second round of the Madridclaycourt tournament in May. I was fighting till the end. She played amazingly. It's hercourt. Axial Hydraulic Pumps
I knew that she's not gonna give it for free. I had to workreally hard, and I did, said Lepchenko, who next tackles Kvitova,the fourth-seeded Czech. The 22-year-old Wimbledon champion reached the last 16 for thethird time but she did it the hard way, serving up eight doublefaults and committing 37 unforced errors in her 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 winover Russian world number 109 Nina Bratchikova. She was only saved by her fierce, flatly hit groundstrokes whichleft the Portugal-based Bratchikova gasping. China Tandem Hydraulic Pump
I started well, had a set already, and then I was very aggressiveand I knew what I had to do, said Kvitova. In the second set I was still like, okay, if I play like thefirst set, it will be fine. But it wasn't. She played much betterthan the first set. She had a better serve, and it was tough toreturn. Axial Hydraulic Pumps Manufacturer
Also making the last 16 was Shvedova, a quarter-finalist in 2010,who eased past Spain's Carla Suarez-Navarro 6-4, 7-5.
The 30-year-old Li had to draw upon her 10-year age gap to prevailover the 36th-ranked American, who had fallen in the first round in2010 and 2011. Italian 14th seed Francesca Schiavone, the 2010 champion andrunner-up to Li last year, lost 3-6, 6-3, 8-6 to America's VarvaraLepchenko, the world number 63, who has reached the last 16 of aGrand Slam for the first time. Schiavone, the oldest player left in the tournament at 31, willlose her place in the world top 20 as a result of her defeat. Also going out was former world number one Caroline Wozniacki, theninth seed, who lost to 23rd seed Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, 6-1, 6-7(3/7), 6-3. Kanepi, a quarter-finalist in 2008, needed five match points toseal the win and will face Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus who put outGerman 25th seed Julia Goerges 7-6 (7/5), 2-6, 6-2.
Uzbekistan-born Lepchenko, who had defeated 19th seed JelenaJankovic in the second round, squandered the opportunity to servefor the match in the ninth game of the decider, but held her nervein the 14th. It was the 26-year-old's second successive win over Schiavone,having also won in three sets in the second round of the Madridclaycourt tournament in May. I was fighting till the end. She played amazingly. It's hercourt. Axial Hydraulic Pumps
I knew that she's not gonna give it for free. I had to workreally hard, and I did, said Lepchenko, who next tackles Kvitova,the fourth-seeded Czech. The 22-year-old Wimbledon champion reached the last 16 for thethird time but she did it the hard way, serving up eight doublefaults and committing 37 unforced errors in her 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 winover Russian world number 109 Nina Bratchikova. She was only saved by her fierce, flatly hit groundstrokes whichleft the Portugal-based Bratchikova gasping. China Tandem Hydraulic Pump
I started well, had a set already, and then I was very aggressiveand I knew what I had to do, said Kvitova. In the second set I was still like, okay, if I play like thefirst set, it will be fine. But it wasn't. She played much betterthan the first set. She had a better serve, and it was tough toreturn. Axial Hydraulic Pumps Manufacturer
Also making the last 16 was Shvedova, a quarter-finalist in 2010,who eased past Spain's Carla Suarez-Navarro 6-4, 7-5.
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