Myskina stuns Hingis

Unseeded Russian Anastasia Myskina followed up her victory over Justine Henin by reeling off 11 straight games to upset Martina Hingis 6-7, 6-4, 6-0 in the quarter-finals of the New Haven Open.

In other last eight matches, the leading players all advanced with defending champion Venus Williams needing just 53 minutes to dismiss rising American Laura Granville 6-2, 6-1 in her match. Second seed Lindsay Davenport reached her fourth semi-final since returning to the tour after missing the seven months of the season with a knee injury, edging two tough sets to overcome sixth seeded Amelie Mauresmo of France 7-6, 6-3. Slovakia8217;s Daniela Hantuchova, the seventh seed, also reached the semi-finals with a comfortable 6-4, 6-3 win over Switzerland8217;s Patty Schnyder. Hingis took some consolation in believing she had competed better than last week, which marked her first tournament since May. The Russian now faces Davenport for a place in the final.

Haas struggles past Calleri

COMMACK New York: Defending champion Tommy Haas overcame a sluggish start to defeat Agustin Calleri 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the quarter-finals of the TD Waterhouse Cup. In other third round action, fifth-seeded Alex Corretja of Spain had to battle for three hours before getting the better of Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.

Younes el Aynaoui of Morocco easily trounced Arnaud Clement 6-0, 6-2 to advance to the last eight. Seventh seed Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina also advanced with a 7-5, 7-6 victory over American Jan-Michael Gambill. American Mardy Fish also moved on with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Chilean Nicolas Massu as Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand won 6-4, 6-1 over Czech Bohdan Ulihrach.