Davenport Wins, Henin Shocked at WTA Filderstadt
Posted on October 6, 2005Top-seeded Lindsay Davenport showed no signs of the back injury that has kept her off the tour periodically in 2005, Wednesday at the WTA stop in Filderstadt mowing down Italy's Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 6-2 to advance into the quarterfinals.
"Schiavone can be tough, but I didn't let her play her game today," Davenport said. "Hopefully, I can improve every match and win this event...It is always difficult to move to a faster court and to play your first match indoors, but I played great."
Unseeded Italian Flavia Pennetta shocked (4) Justine Henin-Hardenne in straight sets in first-round action, with former Top 10-ranked Slovak Daniela Hantuchova doing likewise against (7) Patty Schnyder.
"I wasn't moving well and I wasn't feeling well physically on the court," Henin-Hardenne said. "I was running a lot and was behind my baseline the whole point and it's difficult to win like this. I haven't had the best preparation the last few weeks with my injuries and it's not easy to be in a good rhythm. It's a difficult time for me right now but I'll have to be patient."
Other players into the quarterfinals were Russian seeds (6) Nadia Petrova (d. Groenefeld) and (8) Anastasia Myskina (d. countrywoman Safina), joined by un-seeds Jelena Jankovic (d. Medina Garrigues) and struggling Croatian qualifier Karolina Sprem (d. (Q) Daniilidou in three).
Thursday at Filderstadt features Petrova vs. Likhovtseva, Jankovic vs. Mauresmo, Dementieva vs. Dechy, and Sprem vs. Clijsters.
"Schiavone can be tough, but I didn't let her play her game today," Davenport said. "Hopefully, I can improve every match and win this event...It is always difficult to move to a faster court and to play your first match indoors, but I played great."
Unseeded Italian Flavia Pennetta shocked (4) Justine Henin-Hardenne in straight sets in first-round action, with former Top 10-ranked Slovak Daniela Hantuchova doing likewise against (7) Patty Schnyder.
"I wasn't moving well and I wasn't feeling well physically on the court," Henin-Hardenne said. "I was running a lot and was behind my baseline the whole point and it's difficult to win like this. I haven't had the best preparation the last few weeks with my injuries and it's not easy to be in a good rhythm. It's a difficult time for me right now but I'll have to be patient."
Other players into the quarterfinals were Russian seeds (6) Nadia Petrova (d. Groenefeld) and (8) Anastasia Myskina (d. countrywoman Safina), joined by un-seeds Jelena Jankovic (d. Medina Garrigues) and struggling Croatian qualifier Karolina Sprem (d. (Q) Daniilidou in three).
Thursday at Filderstadt features Petrova vs. Likhovtseva, Jankovic vs. Mauresmo, Dementieva vs. Dechy, and Sprem vs. Clijsters.