September 11, 2007
Davenport Destoys Daniilidou For Comeback Win
BALI, Indonesia - Two of the Top 4 seeds at the Commonwealth Bank Tennis
Classic were in action on Tuesday, but it was the return of Lindsay Davenport
which stole all the headlines on the Indonesian island. The former world No.1
was playing her first competitive singles match for almost a year, but judging
by her straight set destruction of Eleni Daniilidou at the $225,000, Tier III
event she is intent on making up for lost time.
Davenport's last outing on a singles court was a quarterfinal defeat to
Amélie Mauresmo in Beijing last September and her 62 62 win over No.5 seed
Daniilidou comes a mere three months after giving birth to her first child,
Jagger Jonathan Leach. After an impressive start to the match by both players,
the 31-year-old American raised her game to reel off 20 consecutive points
and race through the opener. The second set followed a similar pattern to the
first and after just 45 minutes on court, Davenport hammered down her ninth
ace of the match to secure an impressive victory.
"Obviously with this being my first match after so long out, it was a big
challenge," Davenport said about her return to singles action. "I'm really
excited with how I played out there and it means a lot to me because I've
worked hard for this. You never know what to expect after a long lay-off, but
I just tried to keep my concentration and it's great to get the win. There's
still lots I can work on, like my movement and timing, but those will come
with matches and for the moment I'm just so happy with my performance."
Daniilidou was not the only seed to fall by the wayside on Day 2, as Russia's
Yaroslava Shvedova was surprisingly defeated by Chinese qualifier Yuan Meng.
The 19-year-old Muscovite was No.8 seed this week, but delivered a poor
performance on her way to a 60 61 loss.
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