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US tennis player Serena Williams was knocked out of China Open
Sep 21, 2005
Serena Williams was upset in the second round of the China Open on Wednesday, losing to unheralded Sun Tiantian 6-2, 7-6 (7).
Sun, ranked 127th in the world and fourth among Chinese players, took advantage of numerous errors by Williams, who said she was bothered by an ailing left knee.
Williams, No. 9 in the world rankings, won last year's event and is very popular in China. However, the crowd cheered as Sun pulled off a surprise victory.
Sun broke Williams' serve and moved to a 2-0 lead before wrapping up the first set. "I'm definitely disappointed," Williams said. "`But there was nothing I could do out there today."
It was an error-filled match, with Williams spraying balls long, hitting drop shots short and double-faulting to fall to 4-5 in the second set. She managed to break Sun's service in the next game, but lost in the tiebreak.
"I definitely think I'm going to get well before I perform again, for sure," Williams said.
Top seeds Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova had first-round byes and open play Thursday.
Also, Zheng Jie of China upset sixth-seeded Jelena Jankovic 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 in a first-round match, and Peng Shuai beat Maria Diaz-Oliva 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (0) in a second-round match.
Source: ABC News
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