Davenport, who won her sixth title of the year this past Sunday in Philadelphia, had her upper left thigh heavily taped to begin the match. Mauresmo, who upset Davenport in the semifinals of the Australian Open in January, didn't help as she kept Davenport on the run along the baseline with her powerful, penetrating ground strokes.
Twice during the match - once in the first set, the other after the opening game of the second - the WTA Tour trainer attended to Davenport during changeovers. Each time she just talked to Davenport, who said she was in pain but decided to forego additional taping.
In the day's first match, Halard-Decugis became the first seeded player to be ousted from the elite season-ending, 16-player field.
It was a battle of close friends: Huber was maid of honor at Halard-Decugis' wedding. That made no difference when they faced each other on the blue court.
Huber only needed 44 minutes to grab a quarterfinal berth, where her next opponent will be Davenport.
11-18-99
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