Davenport ends dream of local favourite

Top seed Lindsay Davenport advanced to the semi-finals of the Australian Open with a thrilling victory over local favourite Alicia Molik.

In front of a capacity 16,000 crowd hoping to celebrate Australia Day with victories for Molik and Lleyton Hewitt, Davenport had to use all her experience to win 6-4 4-6 9-7 in two hours and 33 minutes.