In tennis, China's Sun Tiantian has entered the second round of Wimbledon after defeating Tathiana Garbin of Italy 2-6, 6-0, 6-2.

　　The 23-year-old Sun, currently ranked 111th in the world, only made her second appearance at a Grand Slam singles event after losing in the first round at last year's US Open.

　　She will next play Luxembourg's Anne Kremer in the second round.

　　In another women's singles first-round match on Thursday, promising young Chinese player Peng Shuai lost to the 14th seed, Italy's Silvia Farina Elia in straight sets, 6-0, 6-4.

　　On Tuesday, top Chinese player Zheng Jie was beaten 6-3, 6-1 by top seed Serena Williams in the first round.