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Lindsay Davenport rallied to defeat Anna Chakvetadze 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-5 Wednesday at the China Open. Davenport, who lost her serve seven times in the match, was helped by her opponent's 13 double faults. She will face Zheng Jie in the next round. ``Zheng is a good player and a top player in China,'' Davenport said. ``Hopefully, I can play better.'' Second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced when Jelena Kostanic retired with ...

 The top three seeded players _ Svetlana Kuznetsova, Patty Schnyder and defending champion Lindsay Davenport _ won in straight sets Friday to reach the semifinals of the Wismilak International. Davenport, seeded third, routed Hana Sromova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-0 and will next play Kuznetsova. The top-seeded Russian beat eighth-seeded Severine Bremond of France 6-2, 6-2 in the quarter-finals. In the other semifinal, Schnyder, the second-seeded Swiss, will play ...

American Lindsay Davenport exited her 16th U.S. Open with a quarter-final loss to Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne and a quick walk off court Wednesday. No on-court interview. No glance around the stadium. No moment of soaking it all in. No opportunity for a prolonged ``Thank you and goodbye'' from the fans of the sort lavished on Andre Agassi. Then again, who's to say how many more U.S. Opens are left for ...

It's not as if Lindsay Davenport has never beaten quarter-final opponent Justine Henin-Hardenne. It's just that Davenport hasn't beaten the Belgian since 2002. Davenport won the first five times the two played, but has lost their last six meetings, including this year in the Australian Open quarter-finals, and retiring from the New Haven final a couple of weeks ago when she trailed 6-0, 1-0. ``I played her when she was ...

It's inspiring, just everything he's going through to be out here for everybody.

If Lindsay Davenport is playing her final U.S. Open _ something she's thought about _ she almost said goodbye Sunday. A set and a breakdown, then facing two match points, Davenport came all the way back to win 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) against No. 22 Katarina Srebotnik, earning a couple of standing ovations in the process. ``I thought ... 'It could be my last match here.' I don't know,'' said ...

Injury? What injury? Lindsay Davenport showed no signs of the shoulder and arm problems she brought to the U.S. Open, beating Jelena Kostanic of Croatia 6-0, 6-0 Thursday to reach the third round. It was the first love-and-love match _ a ``double bagel,'' in tennis terms _ at the U.S. Open since 2002, when Venus Williams beat Mirjana Lucic by that score in the first round. ``Some days, everything just ...

Lindsay Davenport is still waiting to see the WTA Tour do something to reduce the wear and tear on players. ``We've had this problem now five or seven years, where a lot of the top players are always injured,'' the three-time major champion said. ``We've asked for changes. We just keep asking. Hopefully one day someone will heed our request.'' Davenport, the 1998 U.S. Open champion and seeded No. 10 ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ American Lindsay Davenport overcame a rain delay, a sore shoulder and the hard-hitting Samantha Stosur to advance to the final of the Pilot Pen tournament with a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7) victory in two hours Friday. Davenport, the defending champion, is playing in only her fifth tournament of 2006 because of a back injury. She was hoping for playing time to prepare for next week's U.S. Open, and she's had plenty. Seeded ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ Lindsay Davenport sure has Amelie Mauresmo's number, especially at the Pilot Pen tournament. Davenport, the defending champion, knocked off the No. 1-ranked Mauresmo 6-4, 7-5 Thursday night to advance to the semifinals of the U.S. Open tuneup. Davenport has won their last nine meetings, dropping just one set over that stretch. And in New Haven, the two have played each other five times since 1999, ...