STANFORD, Calif., July 25 (UPI) -- Lindsay Davenport looked like she never left.
Playing on the tour for the first time this year, the second-seeded Davenport crushed Anne Kremer of Luxembourg, 6-3, 6-0, Wednesday night to reach the quarterfinals of the $565,000 Bank of the West Classic.
Once the world's top-ranked player, Davenport is playing in her first WTA event since recovering from knee surgery. She suffered the injury in Munich last November and sat out the first three Grand Slam events.
Davenport, 26, tested the knee in Fed Cup qualifying over the weekend, winning both her matches against Israel's Anna Smashnova and Tzipora Obziler to help the Americans qualify for the 2003 World Group.
Also Wednesday night, third-seeded American Monica Seles advanced to the round of eight by getting past Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. She was playing for the first time since losing to Justine Henin in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.
Earlier, Jelena Dokic continued her 2002 mastery of Conchita Martinez. Dokic, the fifth seed from Yugoslavia, rallied to beat Spanish wild card Martinez, 1-6, 6-0, 6-1. The 19-year-old
Dokic has won all four of her meetings with Martinez this year.
In first-round action, No. 7 Daja Bedanova of the Czech Republic got past Tatiana Panova of Russia, 6-3, 6-4, and wild card Jelena Jankovic of Yugoslavia crushed American lucky loser Sarah Taylor, 6-1, 6-1.
