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Novotna, Seles bow out

Hingis overcomes Huber
VILLANOVA, Nov 15: Top-ranked Martina Hingis barely escaped an upset, beating Anke Huber 7-6 (10-8). 5-7. 6-4 on a night when three of the top four seeds were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Advanta Championships, reports AP.
By eliminating Huber Friday. Hingis advanced to a semifinal match against Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario on Saturday. Lindsay Davenport, the fifth seed but ranked third In the world, romped past defending champion Jana Novotna, the No. 2 seed. 6-3,6-2, and replaced Novotna as the second-ranked player in the world. Sanchez-Vicario. seeded eighth, breezed past third-seeded Amanda Co-etzer 6-2, 6-2, and seventh-seeded Irina Spirlea stopped fourth-seeded Monica Seles 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).
Given the history of the individual matchups, the quarter-final results weren't surprising. Hingis. 72-4 in matches this year, is 7-1 against Huber but has had to go three sets with her seven times. Huber had her chances In this one.
Huber had three set points slip away in the first-set tiebreaker, then double-faulted at 8-9. She battled back to win the last four games of the second set and the first two of the ihlrtl. But another double fault handed Hingis another game, and from 2-1 Hingis held serve.
1 had all those chances in the first game." Huber said. "1 got realty tired, and she played better when she had to."
"She always plays much better when she's down." Hingis said of Huber. "She's Just a big fighter."
Davenport, the lone American in the semifinals, in which she'll face Spirlea. moved to 5-0 against Novotna. Sanchez-Vicario Is 14-3 against Coetzer. Spirlea. who lost her first four matches against Seles, has now won two In a row. including a three-set victory in the US Open.
Davenport overpowered Novotna with her serve and continually stroked passing shots as Novotna rushed the net.
"It’s very difficult to play her." said Novotna, who has won only one of 11 sets against Davenport. "She didn't give me a chance to play my game "
The hottest player on the tour with 11 consecutive match wins, including her last two tournaments. Davenport Is amazed by her own momentum.
"1 played really solid, hit the ball where I want to hit it." Davenport said. "Fortunately. 1 match up well with Jana. She never knew where I was going."
Sanchez-Vicario, an 11 -ume
finalist in Grand Slam events, has slipped to No. 9 in the world and has not won a tournament this year. But she played a nearperfect match against Coetzer. ranked No. 4. breaking Coetzer's serve at 2-2 in the first set. winding nine consecutive points and cruising with her relentless style.
Spirlea and Seles held serve
throughout their second set, but Spirlea's serve turned out to be the difference. At 5-5 in the tiebreaker, she fired an ace, they Seles ended with an unforced error.
"When Irina's serving like she is on a fast surface, she's tough to beat" said Seles, losing for the first time to Spirlea indoors.