BEIJING, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- China's Zheng Qinwen battled past 18th seed Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-5 to reach the women's singles round of 16 at the China Open on Monday.
Zheng earned the first break of the match, but Bouzkova responded by converting a break point in the sixth game. The set went to a tiebreak, where Zheng pulled away to win 7-3.
Bouzkova made the stronger start to the second set, taking a 3-0 lead before holding off Zheng's attempts to recover and forcing a decider.
The players traded service holds for much of the final set before Zheng converted her second match point to seal the victory.
"Bouzkova is a very steady player, so I need to be patient, and I need to balance between forced and unforced errors," reflected Zheng right after the match.
Zheng will meet Alina Charaeva of Armenia in the next round. ■
