Britain's Elena Baltacha knocked world number ten Li Na out of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, where Justine Henin also lost.
British number one grabs biggest win of her career in Indian Wells
Britain's Elena Baltacha grabbed the upset of her career as she knocked Australian Open semi-finalist Li Na out of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, where Justine Henin crashed out in the second round.
Qualifier Baltacha is through to the third round with an impressive but hard-fought victory over seventh-seed Li of China.
Baltacha triumphed 7-6 (10-8) 2-6 7-6 (9-7) in a marathon match that last almost three hours in Indian Wells.
World number 65 Baltacha had to save two match points in the final set tie-breaker, but came through to beat the world number ten and continue her fien form after reaching the last eight in Memphis last month.
Baltacha, a qualifier in Indian Wells, now advances to play Australian wildcard Alicia Molik, who beat Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-4 5-7 7-6 (5-3).
Unbelievable
"It's an unbelievable feeling," said Baltacha. "I knew that the start of the third set that I'd have to be at another level definitely, because I couldn't carry on how I did in the second set.
"Basically I just thought, right, this is your opportunity. This is it. You've got to rise above it, even if you're a bit tired. You've just got to go for it.
"I don't think she was playing 100%, and I thought, you've got a big shot here. You've really got to up it."
"At 1-5 down in the tiebreaker, I just went into the zone and I felt really strong and I just fought my heart out.
"I was stunned on match point. I think it kind of took me like 10 seconds to actually realize that she hit that backhand wide."
Henin shock
Justine Henin will not be repeating her Australian Open heroics after she was dumped out in the second round by Argentinian Gisela Dulko.
The seven-time grand slam winner went down 6-2 1-6 6-4 in her first tournament since losing the Australian Open final to Serena Williams in her comeback from a 19-month retirement.
"It was a tough day today and I've never really been into the good rhythm," the Belgian said. "It proves that I have a lot of things to work on, and that's what I'm going to do in the next few days and few weeks."
Second seed Caroline Wozniacki survived a big scare to beat American Vania King 5-7 6-2 6-4, while fourth seed Elena Dementieva was also pushed in three sets by Olga Govortsova.
Fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska cruised through after Russia's Anna Chakvetadze retired hurt, but Maria Sharapova had to come from a set down to beat fellow Russian Vera Dushevina 4-6 7-5 6-2.
