BEIJING, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Local favorite Jie Zheng upset second-seeded Ana Ivanovic in quarterfinal play Friday at the $600,000 China Open tennis tournament in Beijing.
Zheng took a tight 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-4 victory from Ivanovic in a match that took nearly three hours. The loss dropped Ivanovic to 5-5 since she won the French Open and took over the No. 1 world ranking. Zheng has beaten Ivanovic twice in that span, with one of those wins at Wimbledon.