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Roddick moves into quarterfinals

INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 23. Defending champion Andy Roddick overcame blisters on his right hand, a pair of tough challenges and his second rain delay in as many nights on Thursday to move into the quarterfinals of the RCA tournament.

The World No. 2 got past qualifier Michel Kratochvil in a rain-suspended match that began on Wednesday night. He then waited out a three-hour rain delay before defeating 15th-seeded Robby Ginepri, 7-6(5), 6-4, in a night match.

Throughout the day he had to get treatment for a blister at the base of the index finger on his right hand.

Against Kratochvil, Roddick had won the opening set 6-4 and was trailing 2-5 when a heavy downpour halted play on Wednesday night. Kratochvil quickly won the second set 6-2 on Thursday, after which Roddick rode his big serve to earn a 6-4 victory in the third.

Next up for Roddick is sixth-seeded Dominik Hrbaty, who defeated No. 11 Joachim Johansson 7-6(9), 4-6, 7-6(1).

Davenport beats Frazier

Serena Williams defeated Aranxta Parra Santonja 6-0, 6-3 in 53 minutes on Thursday to lead a parade of seeded players into the JPMorgan Chase Open quarterfinals.

Third-seeded Lindsay Davenport needed one hour to beat 15th-seeded Amy Frazier 6-2, 6-4. No. 2 seed Venus Williams defeated Elena Likhovtseva 6-1, 6-1 in 48 minutes and advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time in four Chase Open appearances.

The others to win were No. 4 Elena Dementieva, No. 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova and No. 7 Nadia Petrova.

The results:

At Indianapolis (RCA Championships): Third round: Dominik Hrbaty bt Joachim Johansson 7-6(9), 4-6, 7-6(1); Paradorn Srichaphan bt Alex Bogomolov Jr. 6-3, 6-0; Ivan Ljubicic bt Jan Hernych 6-3, 6-4; Nicolas Kiefer bt Rik De Voest 6-1, 6-4; Noam Okun bt Karol Beck 7-6(2), 6-2; Sebastien Grosjean bt Xavier Malisse 7-6(4), 6-2; Gregory Carraz bt Todd Reid 7-5, 6-3; Andy Roddick bt Robby Ginepri 7-6(5), 6-4.

Second round: Andy Roddick bt Michel Kratochvil 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

At Carson (JP Morgan Chase Open): Third round: Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi 6-3, 6-0; Elena Dementieva bt Chanda Rubin 7-5, 7-6(8); Serena Williams bt Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-0, 6-3; Lindsay Davenport bt Amy Frazier 6-2, 6-4; Francesca Schiavone bt Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 0-6, 7-6(3); Nadia Petrova bt Jelena Kostanic 6-3, 6-2; Vera Zvonareva bt Marion Bartoli 6-2, 6-3; Venus Williams bt Elena Likhovtseva 6-1, 6-1. — Agencies

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