Top seed Marion Bartoli squandered two match points before she had to retire with an ankle injury in her opening match at the Tournament of Champions against Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues. The Frenchwoman, who also retired in the final of the event in 2009, collapsed to the ground after injuring her right ankle soon after the start of the third set. She was writhing in agony as she received treatment and was eventually helped off the court, surrendering the match 4-6 7-6(7) 1-0. Bartoli had stood just one point away from advancing but was left frustrated as her erratic serve let her down, prompting her to discard several rackets. Medina Garrigues will play Sabine Lisicki in the semifinals after the German recovered from a slow start to beat her Slovak opponent Daniela Hantuchova 7-5 6-2 Ferrer ousts Davydenko Top-seeded David Ferrer beat Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-4 Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Valencia Open. The defending champion used a combination of speed and deep ground strokes to force Davydenko into costly errors throughout. Ferrer won the first set as Davydenko struggled with his serve early, committing four double faults and repeatedly volleying long. Ferrer broke the former world No. 3 in the fifth game of the second set before saving a late break point to ensure the victory on the indoor hard court. “I began well and then later I had some trouble,” said Ferrer. Ferrer will face the winner of the quarterfinal between Juan Carlos Ferrero and Juan Monaco. Earlier, Spaniard Marcel Granollers beat third-seeded Gael Monfils 7-6 (12), 3-6, 6-4 and will play sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro in the other semifinal. Monfils' early exit means he will have to win the Paris Masters to have a shot at qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals. Del Potro increased his chances of making the season-ending event in London by beating Sam Querrey of the United States 6-2, 7-5. Kvitova to face Kirilenko Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic will play Maria Kirilenko of Russia in the opening singles match of the Fed Cup final on Saturday. Two-time Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia will take on Lucie Safarova in the second singles match. In Sunday's reverse singles, Kvitova is set to play Kuznetsova before Kirilenko takes on Safarova. In the doubles, Elena Vesnina, who replaced the injured Vera Zvonareva, will partner Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova against the Czech duo of Lucie Hradecka and Kveta Peschke.
