...her U.S. teammates for the first display of emotion in an otherwise routine Fed Cup final. Davenport defeated Elena Likhovtseva 6-4, 6-4 Sunday to clinch the Fed Cup for the United States, then marched around the stadium holding a U...

...First, Henin-Hardenne beat Nadia Petrova, 6-2, 6-3, and then Pierce won even more quickly, eliminating Elena Likhovtseva, 6-1, 6-1. That set the stage for an appealing showdown between Pierce, who claims French citizenship, and...

...champion Anastasia Myskina defeated Chanda Rubin 6-1, 6-2 in 61 minutes; No. 5 Elena Dementieva got by Russian Elena Likhovtseva 6-2, 7-6 (2) in 75 minutes; and No. 12 Vera Zvonareva beat seventh-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova...

...got a manicure, so I was pretty upset." Manicure malfunction notwithstanding, Williams hung on Sunday to beat Elena Likhovtseva 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 in the third round of the Nasdaq-100 Open. The top-seeded Williams was playing for just...

...score when the top-seeded Williams is at her best. The two-time defending champion beat 48th-ranked Russian Elena Likhovtseva 6-2, 6-0 in just 47 minutes, taking her total court time to little more than 4 1/2 hours in five matches...

...fifth-seeded Elena Dementieva, who won 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 against France's Nathalie Dechy. Also, Nadia Petrova beat Elena Likhovtseva, 6-1, 6-1. - Argentina's Mariano Puerta remained defiant, a day after being accused of doping by French...

...18-year-old Krasnoroutskaya, who beat top-seeded Monica Seles in the first round, will face fifth-seeded Elena Likhovtseva, a 6-4, 6-2 quarterfinal winner over Magdalena Maleeva. In other quarterfinal matches, second-seeded Anastasia...

...women's champion Lindsay Davenport rallied from 0-3, 15-40 in the final set and won the last six games to beat Elena Likhovtseva 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. French Open champion Mary Pierce, seeded third, lost to Magui Serna 7-6 (5), 7-6...

...Husarova defeated eighth-seeded Magdalena Maleeva 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; American Meghann Shaughnessy beat Russia's Elena Likhovtseva, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Iveta Benesova defeated Paola Suarez, 6-3, 6-1; and Barbara Rittner topped Eleni...

...still easily beat a top-30 player. She did precisely that Saturday in the third round at Wimbledon, eliminating Elena Likhovtseva 6-2, 6-2. "I feel like I can get the job done even if I'm not playing my best," the defending champion...