Still drawing a crowd

Lindsay Davenport still has drawing power. The former world No. 1 was on the practice court Sunday afternoon when close to 100 fans were transfixed watching the three-time Grand Slam singles champion warming up. It appeared as if there were more fans watching Davenport's practice session than there were fans in the seats for veteran American Vince Spadea's win over Luis Flores in the final round of qualifying.

Davenport will play in the doubles draw with Daniela Hantuchova.

The women's qualifying is over with American Mallory Cecil, Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Romania's Monica Niculescu and Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova earned spots in the women's main draw. Sara Errani, who lost to Cecil, will also be in the main draw as she earned the lucky loser's spot by being the highest-seeded player to lose in the final round of qualifying. She will replace Olympic doubles silver medalist Anabel Medina Garrigues who pulled out Friday because she was still playing in Beijing.

Spadea and fellow American Alex Bogomolov Jr. won in the final round of men's qualifying. Paraguay's Ramon Delgado also advanced through qualifying. The final qualifying round match between former Duke star Philip King and Gregorc is in the third set.

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