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June 27, 2005
Wimbledon 2005, Day 7
Top seed Lindsay Davenport outgunned Kim Clijsters, winning a ferocious Centre Court battle 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals.
Desperate to claim a second Wimbledon title before she retires, the 29-year-old American needed to be at her powerful best to stop the Belgian 15th seed in one hour 50 minutes.
Earlier this month at the same stage of the French Open, Clijsters, who has enjoyed a good record against Davenport in recent years, contrived to lose after leading 6-3 3-1.
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