Former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport made the quarterfinals of the Auckland Classic tennis tournament on Wednesday, beating fifth seed Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-1, 4-6 and 6-0.

"I think I played well today and I think I'll get better with each game I play," said Davenport who has won 15 of her 16 matches since her return after birth-giving.

"I played really well in the first and third sets, but had a bit of a lapse in the second as I did on Monday.

Top seed Vera Zvonareva, runner-up in past two years, had no trouble booking her quarterfinal berth, beating Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-2 and 6-3.

She will play local wildcard Marina Erakovic, who reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal with a 7-6 and 7-5 win over American Ashley Harkleroad.

Russian second seed Maria Kirilenko beat Czech Klara Zakopalova 6-4 and 6-1 while third seed Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia and No. 6 Tamira Paszek also advanced.

However, seventh seed Eleni Daniilidou of Greece was beaten 7-5 and 6-4 by Aravane Rezai of France.

(Xinhua News Agency January 3, 2008)