Sports Briefing | Tennis: Davenport Advances in Beijing
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Lindsay Davenport advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open in Beijing yesterday by defeating Eleni Daniilidou, 7-5 6-3. Davenport will play fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva, who cruised past Tamira Paszek, 6-2, 6-0.Second-seed Jelena Jankovic routed Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6-0, 6-0, to set up a quarterfinal match with Akiko Morigami.Jankovic, ranked No. 3, is aiming for her fifth title this year. Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova withdrew before her first match with a stomach injury.Davenport is making a comeback after giving birth to her first child in June. She won a singles title in Indonesia last week after not playing competitive tennis for almost a year.
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American Lindsay Davenport will be the new number-one women&#39;s tennis player in the world when the official WTA rankings come out next week.
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Top-ranked Amelie Mauresmo won her China Open debut Thursday to set up a quarterfinal matchup with fifth-seeded Lindsay Davenport.
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Lindsay Davenport rallied to defeat Anna Chakvetadze 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-5 Wednesday at the China Open. She will face Zheng Jie in the next round.
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DENPASAR, Indonesia  - Lindsay Davenport continued   the march toward retaining her Bali International title on   Thursday, beating Akiko Morigami of Japan 6-2 6-3.
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Top-seeded Lindsay Davenport claimed her fourth consecutive championship on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over second-seeded Vera Zvonareva in the Western and Southern Women&#39;s Open in Mason, Ohio.
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Lindsay Davenport&#39;s summer of success stayed on course Thursday when the fifth-seeded former US Open champion defeated Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-4, 6-2 and advanced to the third round of the season&#39;s final Grand Slam event.
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Former world number one Lindsay Davenport continued her impressive return to the WTA circuit on Saturday, outclassing France's Aravane Rezai 6-2, 6-2 to win the Auckland Classic.
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Davenport, who won earlier this summer at Stanford, Los Angeles and San Diego, posted her fourth straight tournament title with a 6-3, 6-2 rout of Russian Vera Zvonareva on Sunday in the final of the Western &amp; Southern Financial Group Women&#39;s Open.
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Fifth seed Lindsay Davenport won the clash of the former American US Open champions as she overcame stubborn resistance by 11th seed Venus Williams.
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Top seed Serena Williams of the United States and Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova of Russia have advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing.
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Top-seeded Lindsay Davenport cruised past seventh-seeded Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 6-2 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Western and Southern Women's Open.
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Lindsay Davenport continued her comeback at the Bali Classic on Friday, reaching the semi-finals with an impressive 6-4 2-6 6-2 win over top seed and world number three Jelena Jankovic.
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American favorite Lindsay Davenport  chalked up her 18th successive victory Tuesday when she beat  Lubomira Kurhajcova 6-4, 6-0 to cruise through to the second  round of the U.S. Open.
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Lindsay Davenport continued her tennis comeback with an easy win in the first round of the Auckland Classic women's tournament here Monday, and said she believed she would keep getting better.
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Top-ranked Lindsay Davenport overpowered Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-2 on Friday to advance to the Pan Pacific Open semifinals.
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Though in an unfamiliar city, top seed Serena Williams turned the inaugural China Open WTA tennis tournament into a home court in Beijing on Saturday as she stormed into the singles finals over Vera Zvonareva of Russia for a 2-0 victory.