BEIJING, Sept. 24 -- Yesterday was simply not a good one for Chinese players as Li Na, Peng Shuai, Yan Zi and Zhang Shuai all crashed out of the ongoing China Open in Beijing in straight sets. The Chinese women failed to continue their form one month after the Olympics despite the high hopes of home fans.

Olympic semifinalist Li slipped to a 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) defeat against Italy's Francesca Schiavone, while Peng lost to Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia 7-5, 6-4.

Doubles specialist Yan was beaten by Japan's veteran Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-4 and Zhang was outclassed by France's Alize Cornet 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (9/7).

China's Zhang Shuai returns a ball during the women's singles first round match against France's Alize Cornet at the 2008 China Open in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 23, 2008. Zhang Shuai lost 1-2.

Li, China's highest-ranked player, who also reached the fourth round of the US Open, couldn't find the touch that helped her beat the likes of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Venus Williams at the Beijing Games. "Today, I think I was in a hurry and I made many faults," the 29th-ranked Li said. "I was very frustrated today because I should play better. I couldn't find my groundstrokes and serves either.

"It was a bad match for me."

Li admitted she failed to take her chances during the match, for example, when serving for the second set at 5-3.

"I'm a little bit afraid of upcoming matches," she said, referring to her first round defeats both here and at last week's Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

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