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Davenport delivers last-four place
YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSNEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) -- Top seed Lindsay Davenport overcame Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-2 7-6 to reach the semifinals of the New Haven Open in Connecticut on Thursday. The American had to fight hard in the second set before snatching the tiebreak 7-5 to earn a meeting with unseeded Russian Anna Chakvetadze, who beat Jie Zheng of China 6-4 6-4. Fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva suffered a surprise 6-4 6-3 defeat by Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain. Medina Garrigues now plays second seed Amelie Mauresmo after the Frenchwoman outplayed unseeded German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-3 6-2. In the men's event, second seed Fernando Gonzalez of Chile lost 6-7 7-5 7-6 to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco but fourth seed Tommy Robredo of Spain crushed Austrian Stefan Koubek 6-2 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela followed up his victory over top seed Nikolay Davydenko with a 6-4 6-1 win over Frenchman Fabrice Santoro. Fifth seed Feliciano Lopez of Spain and Russian Igor Andreev also advanced. Later on Thursday, American James Blake bids for a place in the last eight when he takes on German sixth seed Tommy Haas. 
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