HOBART, Australia(AP) Seventh-seeded Zheng Jie beat Chinese compatriot Peng Shuai 6-2, 6-1 Tuesday in a second-round match at the wind-blown Hobart International tennis tournament.
Fourth-seeded Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine defeated Alize Cornet of France 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 and will meet Zheng in the quarterfinals.
Eighth-seeded Gisela Dulko of Argentina also advanced to the Hobart quarterfinals for the second year in a row after beating Tamira Paszek of Austria 6-1, 0-6, 7-6 (5) in windy conditions at the Domain Tennis Centre.
Dulko will play the winner of the second-round match between top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain and Russian Alla Kudryavtseva.
Dulko was upset enough with the gusty conditions that she said tournament officials should have a policy to call off play in strong winds.
It was a point today, it was impossible to play tennis,'' she said.At the end of the second set, and almost all of the third set it was so tough - you can't play like this. I don't think I've played tennis in worse conditions than this today.''
Points were interrupted several times as objects blew across the court and scoreboards were weighed down.
``It was really windy and everything was flying around on the court, I couldn't serve, toss the ball,'' Dulko said.