Former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport made the quarterfinals of
the Auckland Classic tennis tournament on Wednesday, beating fifth
seed Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-1, 4-6 and 6-0.
"I think I played well today and I think I'll get better with
each game I play," said Davenport who has won 15 of her 16 matches
since her return after birth-giving.
"I played really well in the first and third sets, but had a bit
of a lapse in the second as I did on Monday.
Top seed Vera Zvonareva, runner-up in past two years, had no
trouble booking her quarterfinal berth, beating Sofia Arvidsson of
Sweden 6-2 and 6-3.
She will play local wildcard Marina Erakovic, who reached her
first WTA Tour quarterfinal with a 7-6 and 7-5 win over American
Ashley Harkleroad.
Russian second seed Maria Kirilenko beat Czech Klara Zakopalova
6-4 and 6-1 while third seed Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia and No.
6 Tamira Paszek also advanced.
However, seventh seed Eleni Daniilidou of Greece was beaten 7-5
and 6-4 by Aravane Rezai of France.
(Xinhua News Agency January 3, 2008)