NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Caroline Wozniacki found another way to win at the New Haven Open, where she has lost just one match in six years. The fourth seed advanced to the second round Monday when Peng Shuai was forced to retire while up a set on the four-time tournament champion. Peng was leading 6-2, 1-3 when the chair umpire announced the Chinese player could not continue due to illness. Tournament officials later said she was suffering from dizziness. Peng, who has a history of heart problems, spent an extended time with a trainer after Wozniacki asked for a coach while leading 3-0 in the second set. WTA officials said Peng was examined by medical personnel after the match, but had no further details. The 27-year-old pursued a pro tennis career despite having heart surgery when she was 12 years old. Her ordeal was the subject of an Adidas advertising campaign, "Impossible is Nothing." "She felt a bit dizzy and obviously from the flight and everything, she played the doubles finals in Cincinnati last night," Wozniacki said. "Flying in here and having to play the same day is obviously tough." Peng broke Wozniacki twice in the first set. But Wozniacki seemed to turn things around in the second game of the second set, which included seven deuces and Peng holding an advantage five times. "I just kept playing," she said. "I tried not to think about the score too much, because with her, you never know. I just really thought, One point at a time." Wozniacki, seeded fourth in the tournament, improved to 21-1 in her six years in New Haven. Her only loss here came in last years semifinals when she retired due to a knee injury. "Its a great tournament for me, what else can I say," she said. "Its my sixth time here. Its ridiculous." Earlier, American Sloane Stephens beat Anna Schmiedlova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-4. The sixth-seeded Stephens, the top-ranked American in the draw, broke Schmiedlova in the third game of the match, while reeling off 13 straight points. The two traded breaks in the second set until Stephens held serve to go up 4-2. She will play German Julia Goerges in the second round. Goerges advanced with a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 win over Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia. Stephens, who beat Serena Williams to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open in January and made the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in July, came into the match ranked 17th in the world. Two years ago, she came into New Haven ranked 110th and lost in qualifying. Stephens said shes been able to stay grounded with the help of some friends, including tennis legend Billie Jean King, who sends her texts before every big match. "She says, Pressure is a privilege," Stephens said. "I think its one of the strongest statements Ive heard." Fifth-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy was the tournaments first upset victim, losing 7-5, 6-3 to Carla Suarez Navarro. The Spaniard will next play Romanian Simona Halep, who beat Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, 6-2, 6-1. The 21-year-old Halep has already won three tournaments this year and is coming off an appearance in the quarterfinals in Cincinnati, where she lost to the top-ranked Williams. Halep feels shes peaking at the right time. "My game its very good now; I have more confidence in me," she said. "I have to enjoy (next weeks) U.S. Open, because at the Grand Slams, I didnt play so well this year." Eighth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, ranked 19th in the world, also lost. She was beaten by Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Ekaterina Makarova downed Montreals Aleksandra Wozniak 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (5). Other winners Monday included Russians Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elena Vesnina, Mayo Hibi of Japan, qualifier Monica Puig of Puerto Rico and Karin Knapp of Italy. Defending champion Petra Kvitova was to play Polands Urzula Radwanska in the final match of the day. But Radwanska was forced to withdraw with what was described as a viral illness and was replaced by Annika Beck of Germany. The match was then postponed a day because of rain, which also delayed the start of the Peng-Wozniacki match by two hours. Kvitova, who has made the quarterfinals of the last three events she played, is using this tournament to help prepare for the humidity in New York next week, which she says wreaks havoc with her asthma. "I never like playing in America, because of my asthma," she said. "But last year I played quite well, I won two titles, so it was a pretty good year, so I know that I can play good here." Vans Old Skool Black Sale . 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Leicester staged a remarkable second-half fightback to secure a spectacular 38-31 victory on the Aviva Premierships opening night against Gloucester at Kingsholm.Scotland international centre Matt Scott scored two tries on his Premiership debut, while wings Charlie Sharples and Henry Purdy also touched down as Gloucester cruised into a 31-7 lead five minutes after half-time.Skipper Greig Laidlaw added 11 points from the boot, but Leicester stayed in the fight through tries by England centre Manu Tuilagi, South Africa wing JP Pietersen and scrum-half Sam Harrison, before flanker Brendon OConnor crossed four minutes from time and then Harrisons injury-time effort left Gloucester in ruins.Freddie Burns converted three tries and kicked a penalty, while Harrison added two conversions after Burns went off to secure an unlikely bonus-point triumph as Tigers scored 31 unanswered points in 33 second-half minutes.Scott announced his Premiership arrival in Gloucesters midfield, with Billy Burns preferred to James Hook at fly-half. Leicester, meanwhile, handed first league starts to summer signings Pietersen and Luke Hamilton in a side captained by hooker Tom Youngs.And it took Gloucesters new centre of attention just 12 minutes to make an impression, as he finished off a sweeping move that involved telling contributions from Billy Twelvetrees and Matt Kvesic to breach Leicesters defence following a spell of prolonged early pressure, with Laidlaws conversion making it 7-0.But Leicester were level within five minutes as wing Telusa Veainus blistering 60-metre break reaped a deserved reward when possession was shipped wide at pace, allowing Pietersen to break clear before Tuilagi collected a scoring pass after Sharples tackle on the South African denieed him a debut Premiership try.ddddddddddddFreddie Burns conversion tied things up towards the end of a richly-entertaining opening quarter, but there was more to come, with Sharples then intercepting Tigers full-back Mathew Taits pass and galloping 60 metres for a try that Laidlaw converted to reassert Gloucester dominance.A Laidlaw penalty put Gloucester 10 points in front, and Tait continued to endure a dreadful first-half as his attempted clearance bounced off Billy Burns and almost resulted in another Gloucester try.But the crowd of just over 14,000 did not have long to wait, as another flowing Gloucester move ended with Wales flanker Ross Moriarty showing poise and accuracy through a stunning scoring pass that Scott accepted to cross unopposed, and another Laidlaw conversion made it 24-7 at half-time.Hook replaced an injured Billy Burns during the break, and he was immediately into the thick of things, gathering a loose ball inside his own half before freeing Purdy on a weaving 50-metre run that resulted in Gloucesters fourth try.Laidlaw converted, and although Leicester replied swiftly through a well-worked Pietersen try that Burns converted - it was quickly followed by a disallowed Adam Thompstone effort - Gloucester still looked comfortably in control.But Leicester continued to plug away, and after Kvesic was sin-binned for a technical offence, Harrison claimed a third Leicester touchdown following sustained forward dominance, with Burns converting and then landing a long-range penalty as Tigers moved to just seven points adrift, setting up an intriguing closing quarter that ultimately went their way. 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