Aces and Faults: Lindsay Davenport to play Henin-Hardenne today at Pilot Pen
Posted by Aaress Lawless on Aug 26, 2006 | Print |
Lindsay Davenport needed six match points, but the defending champion managed to reach the final of the Pilot Pen tennis tournament in New Haven, Connecticut. Davenport set up a championship match against Justine Henin-Hardenne by knocking out Australia’s Samantha Stosur yesterday in two tiebreaks 7-6(3), 7-6(7). Henin-Hardenne reached the final after crushing Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-3. CBS will be airing the ladies final today at 12:00PM ET, with ESPN2 rebroadcasting the match at 7:00PM ET.
Former US Open champion Tracy Austin has given her analysis at MSNBC.com about the top contenders on the ladies side of the draw. (Sharapova could take wide ‘Open’)
Venus Williams’ withdrawal opened a seeded spot in the main draw for Vera Zvonareva. You can read the updated draw by clicking here.
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