Lindsay Davenport reached the semi-finals of the Bali Classic after a stormy 6-4 2-6 6-2 win over Jelena Jankovic.
Jankovic blasts umpire after losing her cool in Bali.
Lindsay Davenport reached the semi-finals of the Bali Classic after a stormy 6-4 2-6 6-2 win over Jelena Jankovic, who lost her cool completely.
Davenport continued to impress on her comeback with a victory over the world number three, who blew her top in a number of heated arguments with Sri Lankan umpire Asitha Attygala.
The Serb's biggest slanging match with the umpire came in the seventh game of the final set, and she refused to shake hands with the official at the end of the match.
"It was just terrible," said Jankovic. "Especially with Lindsay, the way she serves, every opportunity that you get you have to take it, but the umpire was just doing the opposite.
"When the ball was in he would call it out. It was a nightmare. He was just awful."
Jankovic managed to bounce back from losing the opening set to take the second comfortably, but Davenport showed little signs of rustiness despite her time out to have a baby, and came back strongly.
Frustration
A series of questionable line calls and arguments became too much for Jankovic in the third set as she broke her racket smashing in on the floor in frustration.
With the game running away from her Jankovic also handed Davenport an ace when the ball had apparently been wrongly called out.
"I gave her the ace even though it was called out," Jankovic added. "I don't want anyone to cheat for me.
"The umpiring was just terrible, you need every chance you get against these top players.
"It was a nightmare being out there. I'm coming from the US Open and we are used to challenges (Hawk-eye line-calling) at the big matches.
"When the ball was in, he called it out. When it was out, he called it in."
Second wind
Davenport did struggle in the second set and looked out of it, but managed a second win despite only giving birth three months ago, and the American was happy seeing Jankovic go into meltdown.
"When your opponent self-destructs, that's good from your perspective. I just worried about my own game," Davenport said.
"As players, part of pro tennis is dealing with line calls and crowds and everything, so for me all I wanted to do was worry about myself, and if she wanted to get really upset then as an opponent you think that's great.
"I would never expect to have played anything near how this week has gone and it's fun to be out there."
Davenport now plays Italian Sara Errani for a place in the final, after she cruised past Japan's Aiko Nakamura 6-1, 6-2.
Second seed Daniela Hantuchova also enjoyed a stroll in her quarter-final as she defeated Japanese qualifier Ayumi Morita 6-2 6-1, and she plays Romanian qualifier Sorana Cirstea after she squeezed past compatriot Edina Gallovits 3-6 6-4 7-6.
