Peng Shuai made sure there were three Chinese women in the third round at Wimbledon after knocking out 20th seed Shahar Peer on Thursday.

The 20-year-old, one of seven Chinese women in the main draw, won 6-4 7-6 against the Israeli who reached the last 16 of the French Open earlier this month.

Peng, who is already enjoying her best performance at a grand slam, will now face Italian 16th seed Flavia Pennetta.

Jie Zheng has a third round meeting with second seed Kim Clijsters while La Ni, the third Chinese left, takes on Svetlana Kuznetsova.

(Reuters via China Daily June 30, 2006)