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Caroline Wozniacki Rallies Past Francesca Schiavone, Advances to Semifinals

Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki was down a set and a break, but rallied to defeat French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to advance into the semifinals of the Australian Open Tuesday. Schiavone, who was coming off the longest Grand Slam match in women's Open Era history at four hours, 44 minutes, started...

Francesca Schiavone Wins Longest Women's Grand Slam Tennis Match

Just seven months after the record-breaking match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon, Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova made history at the Australian Open Sunday by playing the longest women's Grand Slam match by time in the Open Era. In 4 hours, 44 minutes on Sunday, Schiavone defeated...

Notebook: Mary Joe Fernandez Blunders Away Fed Cup Title Shot

I've heard about all I can take about U.S. Fed Cup captain Mary Joe Fernandez' bold move. Her gutsy move that just didn't quite work out. The phrase we should be looking for is this: Boneheaded move. Desperate move. Reckless, panicky move. Fernandez benched experienced and higher rated Melanie Oudin in favor of...

Caroline Wozniacki Clinches Year-End No. 1 Ranking at Doha

Caroline Wozniacki clinched the WTA's year-end No. 1 ranking on Thursday by defeating Francesca Schiavone, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, in their round-robin match at the WTA Championships in Doha, Qatar. She is the youngest player to end the year at No. 1 since Martina Hingis accomplished the feat in 2000. "That's something I've...

Caroline Wozniacki Falls in WTA Championships at Doha

Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki will have to wait at least another match before she clinches the year-end No. 1 WTA ranking. Group play continued Wednesday on Day 2 at the WTA Championships in Doha and featured the streaking Wozniacki for the second consecutive day. The 20-year-old Dane came into her match needing only one...

Francesca Schiavone News From the Web

05/27/12 Samantha Stosur vs Elena Baltacha: 2012 French Open... Source: The Roar Join us for live scores and commentary from 7:00pm AEST.
05/26/12 Schiavone tunes up for French Open with Strasbourg... Source: CBS - Today's THV - Little Rock AR Francesca Schiavone completed a successful tuneup for the French Open with a straight-set win over Alize Cornet in the final of the Strasbourg International.
05/25/12 Schiavone through to Strasbourg final Source: Business Recorder - Pakistan Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone is through to the final of the WTA tournament here after disposing of Sloane Stephans of the United States 6-1, 6-3 in the last four.
05/24/12 Schiavone reaches Strasbourg semifinal Source: NBC - TurnTo10 - Providence RI Second-seeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy easily defeated Johanna Larsson of Sweden 6-0, 6-3 to reach the Strasbourg International semifinals Thursday, but three-time champion Anabel Medina Garrigues lost.
05/24/12 Argentina, Germany win at World Cup Source: Buenos Aires Herald - Argentina Argentina swept Japan 3-0 in the Red Group, while Germany defeated Croatia 3-0 in the Blue Group of the Team World Cup. John Isner advanced to the Open de Nice quarterfinals after eliminating Xavier Malisse with a 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-5) victory.

Background on Francesca Schiavone

Francesca Schiavone (; born 23 June 1980 in Milan) is an Italian tennis player who turned professional in 1998. She won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles.

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