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Bovina upsets Venus

MOSCOW, OCT. 15. Lindsay Davenport of the United States defeated Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 6-1 on Friday to advance to the Kremlin Cup semifinals.

But unseeded Russian Elena Bovina upset an error-prone Venus Williams 6-3, 6-2 to deny hopes of a first-ever all-American Kremlin Cup final.

The results:

At Moscow (Kremlin Cup): Men: Quarterfinals: Nikolay Davydenko bt Radek Stepanek 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-1.

Second round: Dominik Hrbaty bt Vladimir Voltchkov 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(1); Mikhail Youzhny bt Jonas Bjorkman 6-4, 6-2.

Women: Quarterfinals: Elena Dementieva bt Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 6-3; Lindsay Davenport bt Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-1; Elena Bovina bt Venus Williams 6-3, 6-2.

At Tashkent: Quarterfinals: Meghann Shaughnessy bt Olga Savchuk 6-2, 6-3; Virginie Razzano bt Marta Marrero 7-5, 6-4; Anca Barna bt Antonella Serra Zanetti 7-5, 6-3; Nicole Vaidisova bt Arantxa Parra Santonja 5-7, 6-4, 6-0.

At Metz (Open de Moselle): Second round: Gael Monfils bt Olivier Patience 6-4, 6-4; Alex Corretja bt Gregory Carraz 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4; Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Florent Serra 7-6, 6-1; Jeff Morrison bt Julien Benneteau 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.

At Vienna (CA Trophy): Second round: Nicolas Massu bt Rik de Voest 6-4, 6-2; Guilermo Canas bt Taylor Dent 6-4, 6-4; Tommy Haas bt Florian Mayer 6-3, 6-4; David Nalbandian bt Stefan Koubek 6-2, 7-6(6); Rainer Schuettler bt Luis Horna 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; Davide Sanguinetti bt Alexander Peya 7-5, 6-4. — Agencies

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