Davenport cruises to Ivanovic win
Davenport was playing her first-ever match against the Serbian star
The win denied Ivanovic a chance to win back-to-back titles after her victory at Indian Wells last week.Third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova had to save a match point before beating Bulgaria’s Victoria Azarenka.The 2004 US Open champion trailed 5-2 before winning the final 11 games of the match to win 1-6 7-5 6-0.Ivanovic appeared to have no answer against the aggressive game of Davenport, who is
now world number 33.The Serbian is the second top 10 player Davenport has beaten since returning to the tour last September after giving birth to her first child last June.Davenport won 13 of 14 points at the net and led 6-4 3-0 when it appeared Ivanovic might fight back when she broke serve in the fourth game.However, the American broke straight back in the next game and cruised to victory.But top seed and sixth seed had no problems advancing to the fourth round.Henin, in her first tournament after a month off, beat Italian Sara Errani 6-2 6-1 while Williams defeated New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic by the same score.In the men’s competition, US ninth seed ousted France’s Fabrice Santoro 6-3 6-7 (4/7) 6-4 while Czech 10th seed beat Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-1 6-3.