April 11, 2008	Friday	Rabi-us-Sani 4, 1429

AMELIA ISLAND (Florida), April 10: Lindsay Davenport made short work of fellow American Jill Craybas with a 6-1, 6-4 victory to reach the Amelia Island Championship’s third round on Wednesday.

Former world No 1 Davenport was one of seven seeds to advance but four went out, including No 3 Daniela Hantuchova, fifth-seeded Patty Schnyder and Austrian Sybille Bammer.

Davenport needed just 55 minutes to dispose of Craybas, dominating with her serve on which she won 24 of 27 points.

“It was a fine match for me to play. I felt like in the second I went through a period there where I made some errors where I didn’t really need to make them,” Davenport told reporters.

“Overall, I felt I actually hit the ball better than I did yesterday and did a few things better and now it’s just about trying to get more consistent.”

It took Davenport, seeded 16th after returning to the tour last year following a break to have a baby, just 19 minutes to capture the first set as she used her powerful forehand to good effect.

Craybas was more competitive in the second set, trailing 5-2 when she held service and broke Davenport in winning eight out of of nine points.

But Davenport recovered from the lapse and closed out the match when Craybas sent a backhand into the net.

Slovakian Hantuchova lost 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 to Karolina Sprem of Croatia, Swiss Schnyder went down 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 to Russian Elena Vesnina and ninth seed Bammer was beaten by Alize Cornet of France 6-1, 6-3.

Second seed Anna Chakvetadze of Russia beat Japan’s Ayumi Morita 6-3, 6-1 and former world No 1 Amelie Mauresmo, seeded 11th, overcame Sorana Cirstea of Romania 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the third round.

Wednesday’s results (prefix number denotes seeding):

Second round: 16-Lindsay Davenport (US) bt Jill Craybas (US) 6-1, 6-4; 10-Alona Bondarenko (Ukraine) bt Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; 7-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) bt Gisela Dulko (Argentina) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7-1); 12-Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) bt Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 6-2, 6-4; Karolina Sprem (Croatia) bt 3-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) bt 14-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2; Elena Vesnina (Russia) bt 5-Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; 11-Amelie Mauresmo (France) bt Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 7-5, 6-1; 6-Dinara Safina (Russia) bt Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukraine) 6-3, 6-3; Alize Cornet (France) bt 9-Sybille Bammer (Austria) 6-1, 6-3; 2-Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) bt Ayumi Morita (Japan) 6-3 6-1.—Reuters