Davenport struggles in second round

A narrow margin of victory in the second round shows her troubles on the court.
PARIS (AP) -- Lindsay Davenport's No. 1 ranking counts for little at the French Open.
She struggled again Wednesday before overcoming Chinese 19-year-old Shuai Peng 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0 in the second round.
"This is going to be my toughest two-week tournament, however long I last," Davenport said.
In Monday's first round, Davenport labored to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik. Against Peng, she was two points from defeat twice.
"I definitely got lucky and escaped one today," Davenport said. "It was just one of those kind of tough days, and a day I probably shouldn't have ended up winning."
Since making her French Open debut in 1993 with a first-round exit, Davenport's best performance was making the semifinals in 1998. She reached the quarterfinals the following year but lost in the first round in 2000. The last two years have ended in fourth-round defeats.
It's the only major she has never won.
"I don't expect to reach for the stars here," the 6-foot-2 Californian said. "It's hard for me to move well on clay."
Lost her focus
Peng, ranked 43rd and playing at Roland Garros for the first time, served for the match at 5-4 in the second set and led 30-15 before Davenport rallied. Peng said she lost her focus in the deciding set, when she won just 12 points.
"I was thinking about it a lot. This was the first time I played Lindsay and she was No. 1, so I really wanted to take this chance," Peng said.
After committing 50 unforced errors in the first two sets, Davenport had just six in the last set. She closed out the victory with consecutive aces and a service winner.
"The third set Lindsay played really good," Peng added. "My head got a little bit tight."
Peng is the latest of China's emerging tennis talent. Last year in Paris, Jie Zheng became the first Chinese woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam event. The gold medal won by Li Ting and Sun Tian Tian in the women's doubles at the Athens Olympics raised the profile of the sport even further in China.
"I think tennis is very popular in China," Peng said.
"We have a lot of players on the tour now."