Chinese stars advance at LA tournamentZheng Jie
n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. semi-final, and compatriot com·pa·tri·ot n. 1. A person from one's own country. 2. A colleague. [French compatriote, from Late Latin compatri Li Na reached the second round of the 700,000-dollar WTA WTA Washington Trails Association WTA Women's Tennis Association WTA World Transhumanist Association WTA Willingness to Accept WTA Winner-Take-All WTA Winner Takes All WTA World Toilet Association (Singapore) Los Angeles Championships on Tuesday. Zheng, who reached last year's Wimbledon semi-finals, outlasted Ukraine qualifier Olga Savchuk 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 while Li advanced when Japan's Ayumi Morita retired after losing the first eight games of their first-round match. Japan's veteran 38-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm was also eliminated, falling to Germany's Sabine Lisicki 7-6 (7/5), 2-6, 7-5. Daniela Hantuchova rallied to oust American Melanie Oudin 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-2. The Slovakian booked a second-round date against world number one and defending champion Dinara Safina of Russia. Safina, this year's Australian Open and French Open runner-up, defeated Italy's Flavia Pennetta in last year's Los Angeles final. 
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