NEW HAVEN, Aug 26: Top seed Lindsay Davenport overcame Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-2 7-6 to reach the semifinals of the New Haven Open on Thursday. In the men’s event, American James Blake continued his resurgence with a 1-6 6-3 6-3 victory over sixth seed Tommy Haas of Germany.
David Ferrer bt Paradorn Srichaphan 6-4 6-2; Victor Hanescu bt Nicolas Massu 6-4 6-4; Fernando Verdasco bt Fernando Gonzalez 6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(3); Tommy Robredo bt Stefan Koubek 6-2 6-2; Juan Ignacio Chela bt Fabrice Santoro 6-4 6-1; Feliciano Lopez bt Vince Spadea 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4; Igor Andreev bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 6-3; James Blake bt Tommy Haas 1-6 6-3 6-3.—Agencies