NEW YORK Cheap Nike Air Presto Ultra Uncaged , Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- 2006 champion Maria Sharapova knocked out No.2 seed Simona Halep of Romania in a three-set thriller to advance into the second round while all the Chinese players advanced in the Day 1 actions of the US Open on Monday.
It was Sharapova's first Grand Slam match since a quarterfinal loss to Serena Williams in last year's Australian Open, when she tested positive for the newly banned heart drug meldonium.
After a 15-month doping ban, the former world number one Sharapova returned in April but the French Open snubbed Sharapova for a wildcard entry and she missed Wimbledon with a thigh injury.
"It's all worth it. You sometimes wonder why you put in all the work. And this is exactly why," a tearful Sharapova said in her on-court interview. "I just thought this was another day, another opportunity, another match but this was so much more."
Only a handful of points separated the pair as Sharapova, into the year's final Grand Slam on a wildcard Cheap Nike Air Presto Ultra Flyknit , overcame a second-set letdown to outhit Halep 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 after the marathon two hours and 44 minutes match.
In the first set both players were struggling in respective serves, Sharapova had three breaks, one more than Halep, to take the opening set. After leading by a set and 4-1 in the second, the Russian star showed some fatigue and rust Cheap Nike Air Presto Ultra BR , dropping five games in a row. But in the third, Sharapova regained control by going ahead 3-0, using her power to keep two-time French Open runner-up Halep under pressure. After that, she never looked back.
"It was very was very tough, not like first-round matches. But this is the draw. I think I give everything I had. She was better," said 25-year-old Halep.
The were also inspiring wins for the Chinese contingent, which was led by veteran player Peng Shuai.
The 22nd-ranked Chinese had an easy time of it Cheap Nike Air Presto SE Woven , sweeping past rising star Amandine Hesse of France 6-4, 6-1 in the first round. Both players had some tense moments in the opening set, but it was Peng, the 2014 semifinalist here, who first held her nerve to win the set with one more break. In the opening game of the second set, Peng played sloppy tennis and dropped serve, but after that she took control of the match and reeled off six games in a row for the victory.
Elsewhere Cheap Nike Air Presto Safari , Peng's compatriots Duan Yingying and Zheng Saisai also advanced into next round.
Earlier Monday, seven-time major champion Venus Williams of the United States picked up a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 victory against Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovakia. Past Wimbledon winners Garbine Muguruza of Spain and Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic also made it to the second round.
But No.7 seed Johanna Konta of Britain, a Wimbledon semifinalist just last month, was upset by 78th-ranked Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia 4-6, 6-3 Cheap Nike Air Presto QS , 6-4.
In men's part, 2014 champion Marin Cilic made a winning return with a 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 defeat of American Tennys Sandgren as the Croatian played his first match since Wimbledon.
The fifth seed, who lost the Wimbledon final to Swiss ace Roger Federer, had not competed due to an adductor injury.
"Everything feels okay physically. I'm very happy with that. That's the number one thing Cheap Nike Air Presto Mid Utility ," Cilic said. "I felt that I'm just lacking a little bit of that consistency point after point."
Fourth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga from France also reached next round while there was surprising defeat for 13th-seeded Jack Sock of the United States, who was eliminated by 73rd-ranked Jordan Thompson of Australia.
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China's Duan Yingying makes a forehand return to American Varvara Lepchenko during their second-round match at the Australian Open on Wednesday in Melbourne. Photo: IC
China's Duan Yingying on Wednesday said she'd never seen Venus Williams play and will be relying heavily on her coach's guidance ahead of their third-round clash at the Australian Open.
Despite the seven-time Grand Slam winner being one of the game's most prominent players over the past two decades, Duan Cheap Nike Air Presto Mens , 27, insisted she knew next to nothing about the American great.
"I don't know anything about Venus' play. I've never seen her play," said Duan, who beat American Varvara Lepchenko 6-1, 3-6, 10-8 in the second round.
"I don't really watch that much tennis, so I think my coach will do the job to try to tell me what to do on the court.
"So I'll take one day off -tomorrow and let the coach do the job."
It doesn't augur well for Duan Cheap Nike Air Presto High , the Chinese No.5 who is the last player from her country standing after two days of -carnage for her teammates.
On Wednesday Zhang -Shuai, who turned heads with her run to last year's quarterfinals, went out to American Alison Riske, and Canadian Eugenie Bouchard dispatched former US Open semifinalist Peng Shuai.
Han Xinyun, Wang Qiang, Zheng Saisai and Zhu Lin all fell by the wayside in the first round on Tuesday.
More positively for Tianjin-based Duan, Williams also said she knows nothing about her opponent - and had no plans to find out ahead of their match on Friday.
"I don't know anything about her. I have never seen her play. Zero Cheap Nike Air Presto Fleece , like zero," said Williams, 36.
"So I'm going to have to see how it goes. Like, maybe get a scouting report in the warm-up when we hit the five minutes and kind of see how it feels."
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