DAVENPORT FINDS A WAY WEARY NO. 2 SEED NEEDS TWO TIEBREAKERS TO PREVAIL.Byline: Joe Stevens Staff Writer MANHATTAN BEACH Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. - Familiarity breeds fatigue. At least according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. 1 American professional female tennis champion. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments: the 1998 U.S. Open, 1999 Wimbledon, and the 2000 Australian Open. , who says returning to her native Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, has been somewhat exhausting. The distractions of playing near home and participating in her third California tournament in as many weeks had left the 25-year-old in a bit of a funk entering her opening match at the estyle.com Classic at the Manhattan Beach County Club. Still, the third-seeded Davenport, a Laguna Beach Laguna Beach (ləg  `nə), city (1990 pop. 23,170), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; founded 1887, inc. 1927. resident, pulled it together just enough to beat Russian newcomer Nadia Petrova Nadia Petrova (pee-TROH-vuh; Russian:Надежда Петрова , Nadézhda Petróva 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-3) in a second-round match that lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes Wednesday afternoon. ``I'm a little bit tired today, for whatever reason'' said Davenport, the tournament's second seed. ``Playing Stanford (Bank of the West), San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. (Acura Tennis Classic) and then here is a lot of tennis. ``Obviously I enjoy it (playing in California) more than dislike it. But you do have to space your time (with friends and family) out well here.'' The Golden State has served Davenport well during her eight-year pro career. She's won seven of her 33 career titles in California, including 1996 and 1998 wins at Manhattan Beach. To win a third title, Davenport will need more consistency from her groundstrokes and service game. After going up a break on Petrova, Davenport gave it back with an unforced error and two double faults to even the first set at 4. Petrova and Davenport traded games until they reached the tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie . With the tiebreaker tied at 2, Davenport won four consecutive points before Petrova, whose three points in the tiebreaker all came on aces, hit a forehand forehand the head, neck, shoulders, withers and forelimbs of the horse. wide to give Davenport the first set. ``I broke her and she broke me. That was pretty much it,'' Davenport said. ``There weren't a lot of breaks. I had to win it the hard way.'' The second set mirrored the first as Davenport went up a break before Petrova again tied it at 4 en route to the match's second tiebreaker. Davenport took advantage of six Petrova unforced errors and a match-ending double fault to once again dominate the tiebreaker. ``It seemed like she played a lot worse once we got to the tiebreaker,'' Davenport said. ESTYLE.COM CLASSIC SCHEDULE Schedule of play for the estyle.com Classic at Manhattan County Club: Day session Starting at 10 a.m. on the stadium court --No. 7 Elena Dementieva vs. Virginie Razzano; No. 5 Nathalie Tauziat vs. No. 11 Jelena Dokic; Alicia Molik vs. No. 3 Kim Clijsters; No. 10 Sandrine Testud vs. No. 6 Monica Seles Starting at 10 a.m. on the grandstand court --No. 12 Amy Frazier vs. Wynne Prakusya; Katie Schlukebir/Patricia Tarabini vs. No. 2 Cara Black/Elena Likhovtseva; Liezel Huber/Laura Montalvo vs. Janet Lee/Wynne Prakusya; Nicole Arendt/Caroline Vis vs. Jelena Dokic/Anne-Gaelle Sidot Night session Starting at 7 p.m. on the stadium court --Daja Bedanova vs. No. 2 Lindsay Davenport; Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario/Barbara Schett vs. Rika Hiraki/Alicia Molik CAPTION(S): box Box: ESTYLE.COM CLASSIC SCHEDULE (see text) |
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