Davenport enters semifinals of China Open
Posted on September 21, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
American veteran Lindsay Davenport entered the semifinals by merrily defeating Russia’s Elena Dementieva 7-6, 6-1 at the China Open tennis tournament quarterfinals on Friday. Dementieva ranks 15th in the world tennis. In spite of trying her best she lost to the
American veteran in the tiebreak. The Russian seemed have more vigor than Davenport, who just gave birth to her baby three months ago, but her poor serving made the victory impossible.
In the fourth game, Dementieva saved her service game but both of them broke each other’s service in the first three games.
Davenport, who is a master in passing shots, did not run much, but she still managed to save her service game in the fifth game and broke the Russian’s service in the sixth game. Dementieva, the 4th seed at the China Open, made seven double errors at all in the first set.
In the end, the American got back the impetus, and took a 7-1 win in the tiebreak. Davenport won the first set with 7-6. In the second set, the 4th seed lost her pace fully and kept making double errors. Davenport tremendously defeated her with 6-1.
Davenport will play the winner of Jankovic and Akiko Morigami in the semifinal.
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