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Hingis, Davenport roll into semifinals at estyle.com tennis
Friday, August 11 21:28:52 PT

LOS ANGELES (TICKER) -- One week after suffering a stunning loss to Amy Frazier last week in San Diego, top-ranked Martina Hingis made sure it didn't happen again in the rematch.

Hingis avenged last week's loss in convincing fashion, needing only 57 minutes to dispose of Frazier, 6-2, 6-1, in today's quarterfinal action at the $535,000 estyle.com Classic.

Seeking her fifth singles title of the season, Hingis will meet defending champion Serena Williams in a semifinal showdown on Saturday. It is their first meeting since Williams defeated Hingis in last year's U.S. Open final.

Second seed Lindsay Davenport moved one step closer to her first title in four months when the California native breezed past eighth seed Sandrine Testud of France, 6-4, 6-2 tonight.

Davenport clearly has the easier semifinal draw as she will face unseeded Russian teenager Elena Dementieva. The 18-year-old Dementieva, advanced to her second hardcourt semifinal of the season earlier today as she rallied past American Lisa Raymond, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Davenport, a two-time champion here, struggled past Anne-Gaelle Sidot of France in three sets to secure a quartefinal berth. Dementieva also reached the semifinals at Indian Wells, California in March, which Davenport won.

Ranked No. 2 in the world behind Hingis, Davenport is seeking her third title of the season and first since early April. Both of her tournament wins have come on hard courts, including the Australian Open in January.

Davenport won this event in 1996 and 1998 and was a semifinalist last year. She improved to 9-2 all-time against Testud, who also needed three sets to advance to the quarterfinals.

Williams, seeded fifth, moved into the semis on Thursday night with a three-set win over fourth seed and former champion Conchita Martinez of Spain.

First prize is $87,000.


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