China's female tennis player Zheng Jie continued her winning streak at the Nasdaq-100 Open by defeating Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-4, 7-5.

Zheng Jie has advanced to the fourth round of the 6.9 million-dollar Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami.

Zheng, the newly crowned Australian Open doubles champion, ousted Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-4, 7-5.

She advanced to a round of 16 matchup with American Jill Craybas, who eliminated Czech Klara Koukalova 6-1, 6-2.

Top seed Amelie Mauresmo and 4th-seeded Maria Sharapova also booked their spots in the last 16 with a 2-0 win respectively.

In the men's draw, third seed David Nalbandian fought back to defeat Czech Tomas Berdych 6-7 6-1 6-0 to reach the fourth round.

(CRI English March 27, 2006)