Davenport, Mauresmo, Henin Win Saturday at US Open
Posted on September 4, 2005Current or former No. 1s Lindsay Davenport (d. Medina Garrigues), Amelie Mauresmo (d. (31) Groenefeld), and Justine Henin-Hardenne (d. Cho), led the winners into the fourth round Saturday with straight-set wins at the US Open.
Davenport struggled early on, dropping her first service game along with a few silently-mouthed f-bombs in the first set, then on her second service game came back from 0-40 down to hold.
For Henin-Hardenne it was the opposite, a quick start in the first set followed by a drop in concentration.
"I think I played first set and the beginning of the second with a very high intensity," said Henin-Hardenne, who baked a bagel in the first then won 7-6 in the second. "I was playing very well, then I lost a bit of my aggressivity. I didn't play very bad when she broke to come to 3-1 in the second, but after that the match changed a little bit. I was a little too far behind the baseline."
No. 6 seed Elena Dementieva edged fellow Russian Anna Chakvetadze 7-6 in the third, drawing on her experience after winning 6-1 then dropping the second set.
"I think it was very close and it was very emotional for both of us," Dementieva commented on Chakvetadze appearing near tears at the end of the match. "Maybe she doesn't have so much experience as I do."
Other seeded winners were (11) Patty Schnyder (d. (24) Asagoe), (12) Mary Pierce (d. (17) Jankovic who retired with a back injury), (15) Nathalie Dechy (d. (23) Golovin in three), and (19) Elena Likhovtseva (d. (13) Myskina in three sets, fighting off match points).
"I played aggressive but then I started missing the balls I need to win," said Myskina who led 5-2 in the third, her eyes red from crying after the match. "But no one died, it is OK."
On Sunday's schedule are (1) Sharapova vs. Mirza, (4) Clijsters vs. Vento-Kabchi, (8) Serena vs. (10) Venus in the much-anticipated all-sister battle, and (9) Petrova vs. (26) Vaidisova.
"We'll see you on Sunday," Venus told the US Open crowd Friday. "It's going to be a lot of hard hitting, it's going to be a lot of hard serving. We'll both have a few tricks up our sleeves."
Davenport struggled early on, dropping her first service game along with a few silently-mouthed f-bombs in the first set, then on her second service game came back from 0-40 down to hold.
For Henin-Hardenne it was the opposite, a quick start in the first set followed by a drop in concentration.
"I think I played first set and the beginning of the second with a very high intensity," said Henin-Hardenne, who baked a bagel in the first then won 7-6 in the second. "I was playing very well, then I lost a bit of my aggressivity. I didn't play very bad when she broke to come to 3-1 in the second, but after that the match changed a little bit. I was a little too far behind the baseline."
No. 6 seed Elena Dementieva edged fellow Russian Anna Chakvetadze 7-6 in the third, drawing on her experience after winning 6-1 then dropping the second set.
"I think it was very close and it was very emotional for both of us," Dementieva commented on Chakvetadze appearing near tears at the end of the match. "Maybe she doesn't have so much experience as I do."
Other seeded winners were (11) Patty Schnyder (d. (24) Asagoe), (12) Mary Pierce (d. (17) Jankovic who retired with a back injury), (15) Nathalie Dechy (d. (23) Golovin in three), and (19) Elena Likhovtseva (d. (13) Myskina in three sets, fighting off match points).
"I played aggressive but then I started missing the balls I need to win," said Myskina who led 5-2 in the third, her eyes red from crying after the match. "But no one died, it is OK."
On Sunday's schedule are (1) Sharapova vs. Mirza, (4) Clijsters vs. Vento-Kabchi, (8) Serena vs. (10) Venus in the much-anticipated all-sister battle, and (9) Petrova vs. (26) Vaidisova.
"We'll see you on Sunday," Venus told the US Open crowd Friday. "It's going to be a lot of hard hitting, it's going to be a lot of hard serving. We'll both have a few tricks up our sleeves."