Rising Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai will play the Pacific Life
Open after a one-month break.
Twenty-year-old Peng, who is now 60th in the women's world
rankings, has been off the court after a first round loss at the
year-starter Australian Open.
She missed the WTA events in Thailand, UAE and Qatar after a row
with the Chinese national team management.
Peng will play Frenchwoman Foretz Stephanie in the first round
of the Pacific Life Open.
Her teammate Sun Tiantian, Athens Olympics doubles' champion,
will take on Julia Schruff of Germany.
Zheng Jie and Yan Zi, newly crowned Aussie Open Champions, will
face Austria's Sybille Bammer and American Ashley Harkleroad in the
singles respectively.
Meanwhile, Yuan Meng, the only Chinese woman reached the singles
third round at the Australian Open, won her opening match at the
Pacific Life Open qualifying.
(CRI English?March 8, 2006)