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 Marion Bartoli of France. Schnyder downed Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-2, 6-2 in a match between left-handers. Bartoli ousted Olga Poutchkova of Russia 6-2, 6-4.

Davenport said she must serve better against Kuznetsova, a two-time former champion who has never lost a match in her three trips to Bali.

`` If she sees a lot of second serves and is able to dictate play with her forehand it's going to be a tough day for me,'' she said.

Davenport was never in trouble against Sromova.

``There wasn't much more I could have done,'' she said. ``She hits a very different ball, not a lot of rhythm and she plays some funky slices and doesn't have a lot of pace. But I thought I played well and overpowered her.''

Kuznetsova had to wait until her sixth break point before taking a 3-1 lead against Bremond, and then promptly dropped her own serve. But the Russian broke again for 5-3 and held off two break points to take the set.

Kuznetsova also needed six break points before taking a 1-0 lead in the second set. Bremond double-faulted to leave the Russian serving for the match at 5-2.

``I was trying to do too much with the ball,'' Kuznetsova said. ``If I played simpler I would win easier, but this is what I want to improve in my game, to do more things.''

© The Canadian Press, 2007