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Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova meet makes news everytime

October 4, 2015

Whenever Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova meet, one thing that you can be absolutely sure about is that you would not get bored as there would be some majestic tennis on show.

It seems these girls have got the measure of each other. There would rarely be a one sided match when they are on the court.

Yesterday’s outing in the French Open was no exception either. It went all the way down to the wire yet again. In the third and final set, Kuznetsova came close to winning the match on numerous occasions, but, her veteran opponent was just not ready to throw the towel in. Continue 

Lin Zhu dont carry sportsman spirit with her

April 8, 2015

Wins and defeats are parts and parcel of the game, but, the sportsman spirit should always be there. However, a few people quite clearly don’t believe in this and one of them is the emerging youngster from China Miss Lin Zhu.

The other day at Indian wells, Lin Zhu was playing against Francesca Schiavone. In the second set of that match, she was wrongly awarded a point by the chair umpire who was probably not focussed enough on the court proceedings.

But, Lin knew quite well that she did not deserve that point as the ball that she had hit had already touched the ground before going to the other side of the court. But, she preferred keeping silence rather than going to the umpire and tell him what had actually happened. Continue 

Francesca Schiavone will take part in ASB Classic Tennis

January 27, 2015

Francesca Schiavone will be taking part in the ASB Classic tennis tournament as a wild card entrant.

The veteran Italian has seen herself dropping down in the singles rankings on a frequent basis in the recent times.

She is 79th in the world at the moment.

However, her popularity is the same even at this stage of her career. She is one of the most entertaining players and people from all over the world like watching her play. That’s why; the organizers were quite keen to get her to Auckland. Her presence would be beneficial for the tournament there. Continue 

Francesca Schiavone on a Good Start

December 9, 2014

Francesca Schiavone finally broke her losing run as in her first match in Open GDF Suez de Limoges; she beat Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania in the straight sets.

This was victory no. 554 for Schiavone. Now, only five active players have more victories on the tour than the veteran Italian.

Schiavone, who is 34 years of age now and is probably in her last season, had been totally out of form since August.

She had come to Limoges losing three matches on the trot, but, some mistakes made by her opponent in yesterday’s match got her going and once she gained her confidence, it was hard for Dulgheru to match her skills.

In the second set though, there was some fight from the Romania international. She was actually able to drag the set in the tie breaker and won some key points there too, but, the experienced Schiavone kept her shape in the crunch situation and won the tie breaker 7 points to 4 to end the contest.

Meanwhile, the young sensation from France Caroline Garcia who had also been on a bit of a losing run managed to get back to winning ways as she got better of Timea Babos in a three setter to make her way to the second round.

Speaking in the post match interview, Garcia said, “I was not in my zone initially. The first half an hour, 40 minutes, it was full of nervousness, but, then, I calmed myself down and tried to play on my strengths and I am thankful to be able to come out on the positive side.”

Garcia is presently ranked 34th in the world. That’s her highest ranking ever. As far as this Limoges tournament is concerned, she has been given the second seed here.