Serena Williams has come back from a slow start to reach the second round at the Eastbourne grasscourt event after not playing for nearly year.
Francesca Schiavone of Italy will defend her French Open title on Saturday against China’s Li Na in a tantalising clash of styles.
Defending French Open champion Francesca Schiavone had battled from a set and 4-1 down to defeat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach the semifinals.
Defending women’s French Open champion Francesca Schiavone cruised into the second round with a victory over American Melanie Oudin.
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/ 18 January 2008
Sixth seed Andy Roddick was knocked out of the Australian Open after a bad-tempered five-setter early on Saturday, joining 2006 champion Amelie Mauresmo on the third-round scrapheap. The American fell on his sword after a marathon three hours and 53 minutes of intense tennis against German 29th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber.
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/ 16 January 2008
Police defended their use of pepper spray on rowdy tennis fans and the sport’s big guns kept on blasting at Melbourne Park as the Australian Open got back on track on Wednesday. As the fall-out of Tuesday night’s crowd trouble settled, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova all blasted their way into the third round of the year’s opening Grand Slam.
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/ 16 September 2007
Svetlana Kuznetsova saved two match points in the second set tiebreaker before beating Francesca Schiavone 4-6 7-6 7-5 in the first reverse singles on Sunday to give Russia their third Fed Cup title in four years. Kuznetsova’s victory gave the home team an unassailable 3-0 lead over last year’s surprise winners Italy in the final at Moscow’s Luzhniki arena.