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China in lead

BEIJING: Chinese No. 2 Peng Shuai upset Virginie Razzano 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to give China a 2-0 lead in its Fed Cup World group tie against France on Saturday.

Li Na overcame a slow start in the opening match to hammer tournament debutant Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-1.

Peer beats Safina

Meanwhile, in Tel Aviv, Russian World No. 5 Maria Sharapova eased past Israeli Tzipi Obziler 6-0, 6-4 to level the scores at 1-1 in their World Group first-round tie.

Israel had gone ahead when Shahar Peer beat Dinara Safina 0-6, 6-2, 6-2.

The results: World Group I:

At Beijing: China 2 France 0 (Peng Shuai bt Virginie Razzano 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Li Na bt Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-1).

At Tel Aviv: Israel 1 Russia 1 (Shahar Peer bt Dinara Safina 0-6, 6-2, 6-2; Maria Sharapova bt Tzipi Obziler 6-0, 6-4).

At Naples: Italy 0 Spain 1 (Nuria Llagostera Vives bt Francesca Schiavone 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-2).

World Group II: At Hyogo (Japan): Japan 1 Croatia 1 (Aiko Nakamura lost to Jelena Kostanic Tosic 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Akiko Morigami bt Nika Ozegovic 2-6, 7-5, 6-1).

At Kharkov (Ukraine): Ukraine 1 Belgium 1 (Alona Bondarenko bt Kirsten Flipkens 6-1, 6-2; Yanina Wickmayer bt Katerina Bondarenko 7-6(5), 6-1.

At Brno: Czech Republic 1 Slovakia 1 (Petra Cetkovska lost to Dominika Cibulkova 5-7, 3-6; Nicole Vaidisova bt Magdalena Rybarikova 7-5, 6-4).

At Buenos Aires: Argentina 1 Austria 0 (Jorgelina Cravero bt Yvonne Meusburger 7-6(4), 6-3). — Agencies

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