China's Li survives lapse to reach round three

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China's Li Na recovered from a mid-match lapse on Wednesday to beat Australian Casey Dellacqua 6-4 6-4 and reach the third round of the US Open.

The ninth seed, who has never been past the quarterfinals in New York, recovered from 4-0 down in the second set to reach the last 32.

Former French Open champion Li edged the first set but Dellacqua, a left-hander ranked 92nd in the world, blasted a series of winners to move clear in the second.

But Li recovered her poise in time to reel off six straight games and set up a clash with British teenager Laura Robson who eliminated three-time champion Kim Clijsters of Belgium.

 

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