Lindsay Davenport

Davenport has played little this season, appearing in only eight tournaments. Although she won two of them, her record in Grand Slam events has been discouraging.

Lindsay won her match today in the US Open as she defeated Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova with a 7-5, 6-3 win, she will now face Marion Bartoli. When Lindsay Davenport made her United States Open debut in 1991, Alisa Kleybanova was still a toddler.

Image via Wikipedia Davenport, champion in 1998, struggled to find her range in the opening match of the night session but capitalized on 27 unforced errors from Kleybanova to seal victory.

In the last two years, Davenport took roughly 11 months off to give birth to her first child, a son named Jagger, then missed even more time because of an injured right knee. Davenport took a break from competitive tennis in late 2006 and much of 2007 to have a baby.

Ninth seed Lindsay Davenport was overcome by her fifth-seeded opponent, Justine Henin-Hardenne, who battled with cramp to clinch a place in the last eight at the Australian Open.

Both players were slow to find their best form, and after they each won their opening serves, there was a flurry of breaks throughout the rest of the first set.

In a titanic match, lasting more than three hours, Henin-Hardenne claimed her first-ever victory against former Australian Open champion Davenport.

Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8, 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. American professional tennis player.

Her game is built largely around her groundstrokes, service return, and serve, which are considered to be among the most powerful and cleanly struck in the history of women’s tennis. Her devastating return of second service is frequently taken well inside the baseline.

Davenport is the daughter of Wink Davenport, who was a member of the U.S. volleyball team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and Ann Davenport.