Lindsay Davenport increased the grandeur of her comeback by beating Italian Sara Errani 6-1 6-3 in the Bali semi-finals and setting up a clash with second seed Daniela Hantuchova.

"It's such a great accomplishment to be in the final just three months after having my son and having major abdominal surgery," said the 31-year-old Davenport.

Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova, ranked 12th in the world, advanced to the finals with a 7-5 6-1 win over Romanian qualifier Sorana Cirstea. (photo via Tennis Fairy)

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Anna Chakvetadze and Svetlana Kuznetsova scored singles victories for favorite Russia and gave their team a 2-0 lead over holders Italy in the 2007 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas final.

Chakvetadze earned a hard-fought 6-4 4-6 6-4 victory over Francesca Schiavone, while Kuznetsova completely dominated Mara Santangelo 6-1, 6-2.

Russia needs just one more point to secure a Fed Cup title. However, there are three matches left, which are to take place during this weekend:

Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) vs. Mara Santangelo (ITA)
Nadia Petrova/Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs. Mara Santangelo/Roberta Vinci (ITA)

(source: On the Baseline)

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Lindsay Davenport’s comeback turned out to be more successful than she had expected. The 31-year-old American stunned top-seeded Jelena Jankovic 6-4 2-6 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Indonesia.

Neither Davenport nor Jankovic played well, but the experienced former world number one took advantage of the Serb’s constant arguments with Sri Lankan umpire Asitha Attygala. Read more »

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Jelena Jankovic will meet Lindsay Davenport in a quarter-final at the Bali Classic in Indonesia after both players claimed not-so-easy straight sets victories on Thursday.

Top-seeded Jankovic dropped the first four games in a match against Australian Casey Dellacqua, but then started playing at the expected high level and finally won 6-4 6-4. Why didn't the Serbian world number three play better? The beauty of Bali distracted her from practicing tennis: "I didn't practice much after the US Open. I had five days off and didn't do anything and when you're here it's very tough to focus you know. I've been enjoying the place so much." I can understand her. Read more »

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It was a funny moment when Anna Chakvetadze’s long plait got caught in her racket in the Bank of the West Classic final against Sania Mirza of India. The Russian lost the point because of the incident, but that didn’t stop her to win the tournament. If you haven’t seen how this happened, take a look at this video.

(via Tennis Planet)

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