Davenport Earns Rematch With Graf

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. —  Lindsay Davenport, who nearly defeated Steffi Graf earlier this month, will get another shot Thursday.

Davenport and Graf set up their rematch with quarterfinal victories Tuesday at the Lipton Championships.

Graf, seeking her fifth Lipton title, defeated No. 5 Kimiko Date, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. Davenport eliminated No. 3 Anke Huber with stunning ease, 6-0, 6-1.

In the semifinals at Indian Wells, less than two weeks ago, Graf rallied to defeat Davenport, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4.

In the men’s draw, defending champion Andre Agassi reached the quarterfinals by defeating Canadian Sebastien Lareau, 6-4, 6-4.

No. 2 Pete Sampras eliminated No. 16 Todd Martin, 6-3, 6-4.

Also advancing were unseeded Americans Vince Spadea and Michael Joyce, along with No. 4 Michael Chang, No. 6 Goran Ivanisevic, No. 7 Jim Courier and No. 15 Arnaud Boetsch.

Stefan Edberg lost for the first time in 11 matches against Boetsch, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Chang took advantage of consecutive double faults in the next-to-last game by Petr Korda to win, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Courier, the 1991 Lipton champion, rallied past Michael Tebbutt, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. Ivanisevic defeated No. 12 Andrei Medvedev, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.

Spadea surprised Richard Krajicek, 7-6 (7-1), 6-2. Joyce beat No. 11 Marc Rosset, 6-4, 6-1.