Pioneering Peng carries Chinese torch in Li's absence


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 28 Aug 2014

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With Li Na on the sidelines, Peng Shuai picked up the Chinese torch and set the U.S. Open ablaze on Wednesday, scorching fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland to storm into the third round at Flushing Meadows.

Long before Li, the current world number three, left her mark on women's tennis by becoming China's first grand slam champion, Peng was blazing new trails as the first woman from her country to reach the semi-finals of a Tier One event in 2005.

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