[Rusty Backhand]

Lindsay Davenport escaped with a 6-2, 7-6 (5) victory over Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova on Thursday to reach the Pen Pilot semifinals, putting her within one win of regaining the No. 1 ranking from Maria Sharapova. Davenport, seeded first and tuning up for next week's U.S. Open, will next play Anna Chakvetadze of Russia.

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