Lindsay Davenport continued her smooth progress towards another title as she cruised past Sara Errani of Italy 6-3 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the Auckland Classic on Thursday. The former world number one, in just her fourth tournament back after a year out in which she had her first child, needed just 57 minutes to see off the world number 69.
The loss of the top two seeds was another huge blow to the Advanta Championships which has already seen the withdrawal of Venus and Serena Williams.
Former world number one Lindsay Davenport continued her remarkable comeback by crushing third seed Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine 6-4, 6-1 in the Quebec City Challenge final on Sunday.
Lindsay Davenport tasted defeat for the first time in a year on Saturday, losing 6-3 7-5 to second seed Jelena Jankovic in the China Open semi-finals.
The American, who gave birth to son Jagger in June, wants other mothers to join her on tour.
Lindsay Davenport defeated second seed Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to win the Bali Classic.
Lindsay Davenport reached the semi-finals with an impressive 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 win over Jelena Jankovic.
The former world no. 1 will juggle motherhood and professional tennis by returning to singles action at the Bali WTA.
Champion Venus Williams was knocked out of the Family Circle Cup beaten 7-5, 6-4 by 17-year-old Tatiana Golovin of France.
Davenport, who was beaten in last year's final by Serena Williams, remains on course for a quarter-final meeting with 10th seed Venus Williams or eighth seed Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium.
India's Sania Mirza occupies the last seeded place in the women's draw for next week's Australian Open.
In another match in the WTA Championships, an exhausted Maria Sharapova was beaten by Nadia Petrova.
List of US Open women's singles champions, since 1912.
The second seeded American whipped Russia's Lioudmila Skavronskaia in the Bank of the West Classic.
She defeated Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-0, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Zurich Open.
The teenager from Hyderabad jumped eight places after she added 134 points at the US Open
The Indian has dropped 10 places to 54 in the latest WTA rankings.
List of Wimbledon women's singles champions since 1922.
Lindsay Davenport lost to Australia's Samantha Stosur 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 in the Los Angeles Open second round.
A shoulder injury forced her to withdraw from a semi-final with Justine Henin-Hardenne.
The Russian ace was beaten by Nicole Vaidisova in the Family Circle Cup second round.
French Open champion Anastasia Myskina lost to 15-year-old Czech Nicole Vaidisova in the second round of the Family Circle Cup.
Despite spraining her left ankle on Friday, the former world No. 1 is hopeful of playing the first round tie against Belgium.
Both survived tough opening matches at the Pacific Life Open Masters Series.
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