Davenport Re-takes No. 1, Mauresmo Wilts at WTA Zurich
Posted on October 21, 2005Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik provided the upset of the day Thursday at the WTA stop in Zurich, rolling over No. 2-seeded burn-out victim Amelie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-0 to advance into the quarterfinals.
"There's no fun for me, for the crowd," said Mauresmo who complained of end-of-the-season fatigue and hinted at possibly skipping the WTA Championships. "There's no point for me considering what happened last week and today to keep going and pushing for no result."
Top seed Lindsay Davenport escaped a similar fate against Daniela Hantuchova, coming from a set down and fighting off two match points to beat the Slovak 6-2 in the third.
"I knew it would be tough," said Davenport, who will reclaim the No. 1 ranking on Monday. "I didn't feel I was playing my best or striking the ball that well, but I managed to win despite the circumstances...It was like two different matches. I was playing really badly to start off with, missing a lot of returns and she was playing really well. At the two match points, I thought 'I'm on the plane going home tomorrow' but then it can change around that quickly."
Other unseeded winners were Italian Flavia Pennetta (d. (LL) Karatantcheva from a set down), Francesca Schiavone (d. (5) Petrova), and Serb Ana Ivanovic (d. Jankovic).
Scheduled for Friday are Ivanovic vs. Srebotnik, Dementieva vs. Myskina in an all-Russian, Schnyder vs. Pennetta, and Davenport vs. Schiavone.
"There's no fun for me, for the crowd," said Mauresmo who complained of end-of-the-season fatigue and hinted at possibly skipping the WTA Championships. "There's no point for me considering what happened last week and today to keep going and pushing for no result."
Top seed Lindsay Davenport escaped a similar fate against Daniela Hantuchova, coming from a set down and fighting off two match points to beat the Slovak 6-2 in the third.
"I knew it would be tough," said Davenport, who will reclaim the No. 1 ranking on Monday. "I didn't feel I was playing my best or striking the ball that well, but I managed to win despite the circumstances...It was like two different matches. I was playing really badly to start off with, missing a lot of returns and she was playing really well. At the two match points, I thought 'I'm on the plane going home tomorrow' but then it can change around that quickly."
Other unseeded winners were Italian Flavia Pennetta (d. (LL) Karatantcheva from a set down), Francesca Schiavone (d. (5) Petrova), and Serb Ana Ivanovic (d. Jankovic).
Scheduled for Friday are Ivanovic vs. Srebotnik, Dementieva vs. Myskina in an all-Russian, Schnyder vs. Pennetta, and Davenport vs. Schiavone.