Defending champion Lindsay Davenport ended the run of Eleni Daniilidou in the quarter-finals of the Los Angeles Open on Friday as top seeds Serena Williams and Jennifer Capriati suffered stunning upset losses. Davenport missed the first seven months of the season through injury and rarely showed the form that took her to the title last year, but she still managed to eke out a 7-6 6-2 win over her Greek opponent.
Williams suffered only her fourth defeat of the year when she was beaten 6-2 4-6 7-5 by Chanda Rubin and Jennifer Capriati went down 6-3 6-3 to Ai Sugiyama of Japan. Davenport will now play Sugiyama in the semi-finals.
Filed by Sinéad Kissane
