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Davenport opens with Pan Pacific Open win
Top-ranked Lindsay Davenport began her title defense in the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday, beating Japan's Saori Obata 6-4, 6-2 in a second-round match.
"I still feel a little worn down," Davenport said. "It was a great but demanding two weeks. I started to feel a bit better today but getting over a loss like that is probably the toughest thing you have to do."
Davenport relied on a strong serve and solid groundstrokes against Obata on the indoor carpet surface Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
"This is a difficult surface to get used to," Davenport said. "Getting broke twice in the first set was tough, but I started to serve well in the second set and that's the key on this surface."
Russians Elena Likhovtseva and Elena Dementieva also advanced. The third-seeded Likhovtseva beat American Jill Craybas 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, and the fourth-seeded Dementieva routed Japan's Akiko Morigami 6-2, 6-2
In other second-round matches, Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic downed Japan's Aiko Nakamura 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, while eighth-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia recovered from a slow start to defeat Russia's Maria Kirilenko 4-6, 6-0, 6-2.
On Wednesday, Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova of Russia beat Maria Vento-Kabchi of Venezuela 7-6 (3), 6-0 in the second round. Sharapova will face Likhovtseva in the quarterfinals.
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