American Lindsay Davenport and Indian Sania Mirza have withdrawn from the 2008 French Open which starts May 25 in Paris.

Davenport cited personal reasons, while Mirza withdrew because she has not yet recovered from her wrist surgery.

Tatiana Golovin, Na Li and Eleni Daniilidou had withdrawn earlier because of injuries and surgeries, and world No.10 Daniela Hantuchova will probably withdraw due to her foot injury.

The claycourt Grand Slam will be missing so many top players: Golovin is currently ranked 21st, Davenport 26th, Mirza 32nd, Daniilidou 35th, and Li 36th. Plus No.10 Hantuchova may be added to the list. And not to mention four-times French Open champion Justine Henin who retired from professional tennis just before her favorite Grand Slam. (photos: Getty Images)

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Lindsay Davenport produced a stunning victory yesterday, sending home world No.2 Ana Ivanovic, but the American couldn’t repeat such an impressive level of tennis in the last 16 and fell to Russian Dinara Safina 6-3 6-4.

In other completed matches on Monday, world No.1 Justine Henin saw off Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-2, while Venus Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6-3 6-3 and set up a quarterfinal against Svetlana Kuznetsova, who beat Shahar Peer 7-6 6-3. (photo via Getty Images)

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Former world No.1 Lindsay Davenport beat one of the favorites for the Sony Ericsson Open title, second seed Ana Ivanovic. Can Davenport's return get any better?

Davenport, who has great appreciation for Ivanovic, confidently beat the Indian Wells champion 6-4 6-2 in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open and ended the Serb's hardcourt campaign.

As they say on Ivanovic’s website, "Davenport simply did not miss." The American started strong and controlled the match. World No.2 Ivanovic showed some brief signs of resistance, but Davenport was simply unstoppable and completed victory in 77 minutes.

Today's match in Miami has been the first career meeting between three-times Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport, currently ranked 33rd in the world, and world No.2 Ana Ivanovic. (image via Yahoo)

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Ana Ivanovic and Lindsay Davenport advanced into the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open with comfortable wins and will next face each other.

Second-seeded Ivanovic defeated Frenchwoman Emilie Loit 6-1 6-2, while three-time Grand Slam champion Davenport beat another French player Camille Pin 6-2 6-1.

Ivanovic defeated world No.93 Loit in just 47 minutes. You can hardly finish a match faster than this. In addition, the Serb only dropped a total of six points on her own serve.

Davenport made her first appearance at the Tier I tournament in Miami after a five-year absence. In today’s match, Pin struggled with injury and Davenport said she realized Pin wasn’t able to run down as many balls as she could if she hadn’t been injured.

The match-up at the Sony Ericsson will be the first career meeting between Ivanovic and Davenport. (photos: Getty Images)

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Three-time Grand Slam champion and former world No.1 Lindsay Davenport expressed her appreciation of young Serbian tennis star Ana Ivanovic complimenting both Ivanovic's physical appearance and her on and off court behavior.

Speaking during this week’s Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, Davenport said: "I think that Ivanovic is one of the prettiest girls we have playing, and she’s sweet and competitive and graceful at the same time.”

When asked to comment on the rise of two Serbian players, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic, who are now both in the Top 5 and face each other tonight in Indian Wells semifinals, Davenport said: "I think they’re great, and they are two completely opposite girls. Ivanovic is a really super nice girl. I know her a little bit more, and I’m a big fan of hers." (source: Ana Ivanovic's website)

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