China's Peng Shuai equalled her best result at the Australian Open Friday after she breezed into the last 16 of the tennis tournament, beating Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 7-6, 6-3 in the women's singles.
Peng lost her opening service game before she broke back in the second, reports Xinhua.
The 29-year-old saved five set points in the 10th game to level at 5-5.
In the tie-breaker, Peng came from 1-4 down to win the set on her second set point.
Peng dominated the second set when she broke Shvedova's serve in the seventh game. She managed to grab the third match point in the ninth game and won the second set in 58 minutes.
Peng equalled her best performance in 11 appearances at the Melbourne Park when she entered the fourth round in 2011.
She will meet the winner between five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova and Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.
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