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Agassi, Novotna in qtrs

Fernandez dumps Davenport
LONDON, July 3: Jana Novotna kept on course for the title that eluded her in 1993 while Mary
Joe Fernandez upset a close friend as the second week of Wimbledon began on Mon: day, reports Reuter.
Novotna the fourth seed who wept on the shoulder of the Duchess of Kent when she threw away victory against Steffi Graf in the 1993 final, battled into the last eight with a 6-0, 5-7, 6-4 win over Australian Nicole Bradtke.
Fernandez, three times a finalist in Grand Slam tournaments and once ranked fourth in the world, belied her current 13th seeding with a 7-6, 6-1 victory over seventh-seeded fellow American and close friend Lindsay Davenport 7-6, 6-1
Dutch 15th seed Brenda Schultz-McCarthy powered her way into the quarter finals by defeating Indonesian Yayuk Basuki 6-3, 6-1.
Novotna has more than the two-year-old nightmare to overcome here. At the French Open last month she led American Chanda Rubin $ 0, 44) -in the final set, squandered nine match points and eventually lost the set 8-6.
It remains to be seen if she has put those disappointments behind her. The possessor of the finest serve-volley Sme in women's tennis now at Martina Navratilova has retired from singles, the Czech player crushed Bradtke in the opening set.
The Australian's big groundstrokes pinned her back in. the second as the match was squared but Novotna proved she can win from tlwi net or the baseline with a*rme , balanced attack in the decider.
Fernandez and Davenport are the best of friends on tour and this was a tough emotional battle for both.
Fernandez, Wimbledon semifinalist in 1991. had chances to break serve before finally managing it on her 10th attempt in the ninth game for a 5-4 lead.
Then she dropped her own serve. At 6-5 she has six set points in a game of 11 deuces, including a missed sitter at the net before she dropped the game.
But she prevailed in tiebreak, winning it 8-6, then raced through the second set.
"Lindsay's my closest friend," Fernandez said. "I've played good friends before but this was worse. We talk
on the phone all the time, she's stayed with my family a lot and it was tough emotionally for both of us."
Davenport said: "I don't think either of us wanted to play that match."
Our special sports correspondent from Wimbledon adds: Andre Agassi moved into the last eight of the Wimbledon championships by knocking out Alexander Mronz of Germany in straight sets at the Centre Court this afternoon. The number one seed just walked over his opponent 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. The 1992 champion who was not in the best of forms, took only 95 minutes to prevail over his opponent who entered the fourth round by default over Jeff Taranga of the United States. Mronz has neither powerful forehand nor an effective backhand. His only strong point was good service returns. Though he served eight aces to Agassi's three, most of his just serves hit the net. Agassi, though not in his best treated tne could to some delicate volleys and forceful baseline ground shots. He will meet the winner of South African! Wayne Ferriera (the 7th seed) and J Elting's match which is in progress on Court 1.