BEIJING // A tired looking Maria Sharapova bowed out of the third round of the US$6.6million (Dh24.2m) China Open today, beaten 6-2, 6-4 by China's Peng Shuai to the delight of the crowd at the Olympic tennis centre.
The Russian, who claimed her first title triumph since returning from a shoulder injury in Tokyo last Saturday, had to come from 5-2 down in the third set to win a three-hour opening match on Tuesday.
However, there was to be no fight back from the former world No 1 today and Peng upset a high profile player for the second evening in a row after her second round win over defending champion Jelena Jankovic.
Peng must next beat either second seed Serena Williams or Nadia Petrova for a place in the China Open semi-finals for the third time.
Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 2006 China Open champion, overcame a stuttering serve to claim her place in the last eight with a 6-3, 5-6, 6-0 victory over Ukraine's Alona Bodarenko.
The sixth seeded Russian will face compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarter-finals after the teenager beat Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak 6-4, 6-4.
Men's fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko earlier boosted his chances of reaching the ATP Tour's season finale for a fifth time with a 6-1, 6-0 thrashing of Philipp Kohlschreiber.
The workaholic Russian, who won his third title of the year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last weekend, wasted no time in dispensing with the 22nd-ranked German to reach the quarter-finals.
The world No 8 reached the final of the last version of the Masters Cup in Shanghai last year and needs a good result in Beijing to stay in contention for one of three remaining places in the new season-ending World Tour Finals in London.
Davydenko will meet Croatian Marin Cilic in the quarter-finals after the eighth seed beat France's Julien Benneteau 6-2, 2-6, 6-0 earlier today.
Second seed Novak Djokovic takes on fellow Serbian Viktor Troicki in the final match of the day on centre court.
* Reuters
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Ruwais timeline
1971 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company established
1980 Ruwais Housing Complex built, located 10 kilometres away from industrial plants
1982 120,000 bpd capacity Ruwais refinery complex officially inaugurated by the founder of the UAE Sheikh Zayed
1984 Second phase of Ruwais Housing Complex built. Today the 7,000-unit complex houses some 24,000 people.
1985 The refinery is expanded with the commissioning of a 27,000 b/d hydro cracker complex
2009 Plans announced to build $1.2 billion fertilizer plant in Ruwais, producing urea
2010 Adnoc awards $10bn contracts for expansion of Ruwais refinery, to double capacity from 415,000 bpd
2014 Ruwais 261-outlet shopping mall opens
2014 Production starts at newly expanded Ruwais refinery, providing jet fuel and diesel and allowing the UAE to be self-sufficient for petrol supplies
2014 Etihad Rail begins transportation of sulphur from Shah and Habshan to Ruwais for export
2017 Aldar Academies to operate Adnoc’s schools including in Ruwais from September. Eight schools operate in total within the housing complex.
2018 Adnoc announces plans to invest $3.1 billion on upgrading its Ruwais refinery
2018 NMC Healthcare selected to manage operations of Ruwais Hospital
2018 Adnoc announces new downstream strategy at event in Abu Dhabi on May 13
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