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Davenport through to Australian quarters for ninth time
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-01-22 11:17
World number one Lindsay Davenport limped through to the quarter-finals of
the Australian Open on Sunday with a 6-2 6-4 win over Russian 14th seed Svetlana
Kuznetsova.
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Lindsay Davenport of the U.S. hits a return against
Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia during the Australian Open tennis tournament
in Melbourne January 22,
2006.[Reuters]
| Davenport briefly looked to
be in trouble when she injured her left ankle in the second set then lost four
games in a row, but the Californian regained her composure and won the last
three games on the trot to wrap up victory in an hour.
Davenport will play eighth seed Justine Henin-Hardenne on Tuesday for a place
in the semi-finals after the Belgian crushed Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-0 6-3.
Davenport has made the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on eight
previous occassions, winning the tournament in 2000 and finishing runner-up to
Serena Williams last year.
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