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Davydenko on a roll

ESTORIL: Second seed Nikolay Davydenko shrugged off a sluggish start and claimed his ninth victory in succession on Wednesday to move into the quarterfinals of the Estoril Open.

The Russian, who won the Miami title little more than a week ago over Rafael Nadal, staged a comeback to defeat Czech Ivo Minar 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 at the Estadio Nacional.

The women’s draw lost its top seed as former semifinalist Flavia Pennetta crashed out to Czech Iveta Benesova 6-2, 6-2.

At Charleston, top seed and holder Jelena Jankovic beat American qualifier Alexandra Stevenson 7-5, 6-0 in the Family Circle Cup second round on Wednesday.

The results: At Houston: ATP U.S. claycourt championships: Second round: Oscar Hernandez bt Donald Young 6-4, 6-4. First round: James Blake bt Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-4; Nicolas Massu bt Sam Querrey 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; Peter Luczak bt Harel Levy 6-4, 6-4; Paul Capdeville bt Diego Hartfield 6-0, 6-4; Marcos Daniel bt Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-4.

At Charleston: WTA Family Circle Cup: Second round: Jelena Jankovic bt Alexandra Stevenson 7-5, 6-0; Maria Sharapova bt Bethanie Mattek 6-0, 6-0; Elena Dementieva bt Jill Craybas 6-0, 6-2; Patty Schnyder bt Olga Govortsova 7-6(2), 6-0; Vera Zvonareva bt Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-1, 6-0; Agnieszka Radwanska bt Edina Gallovits 6-7(7), 6-2, 7-5; Katarina Srebotnik bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 4-6, 6-1, 7-5; Victoria Azarenka bt Sun Tiantian 7-6(4), 6-0; Alize Cornet bt Sara Errani 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Tatiana Perebiynis bt Julia Schruff 6-4, 6-3; Anastasia Rodionova bt Aravane Rezai 6-3, 6-4.

At Oeiras: ATP & WTA Estoril Open: Women: Second round: Karin Knapp bt Mariana Duque Marino 6-3, 6-4; Klara Zakopalova bt Corinna Dentoni 6-4, 6-1; Iveta Benesova bt Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 6-2; Camille Pin bt Tsvetana Pironkova 6-3, 6-4.

Men: Nikolay Davydenko bt Ivo Minar 2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Marc Gicquel bt Thierry Ascione 7-6(2), 6-3; Flavio Cipolla bt Gilles Simon 6-2, 5-3, retd.; Florent Serra bt Rui Machado 7-6(5), 6-1.

At Valencia: ATP Valencia Open: Second round: Tommy Robredo bt Santiago Ventura 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-4; Potito Starace bt Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-1. First round: Fernando Verdasco bt Nicolas Lapentti 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Juan Monaco bt Werner Eschauer 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4; Robin Haase bt Yuri Schukin 6-4, 4-1, retd. — Agencies

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