Francesca Schiavone News

Federer, Schiavone into Melbourne quarters with records (Roundup)

Jan 23, 2011, 12:24 GMT

Melbourne - Roger Federer reached a record-tying 27th straight Grand Slam quarter-final at the Australian Open on Sunday and Francesca Schiavone also made the final eight after surviving the longest women's match at the majors. ... more

SIDEBAR: Schiavone wins record women's Grand Slam match

Jan 23, 2011, 11:44 GMT

Melbourne - Francesca Schiavone saved six match points as she battled to victory in the longest women's match in Grand Slam history, producing a 6-4, 1-6, 16-14 fourth-round defeat of Svetlana Kuznetsova on Sunday at the Australian Open. ... more

Federer and Schiavone into quarters with records (3rd Lead)

Jan 23, 2011, 10:35 GMT

Grand Slam title trio power through to quarter-finals (1st Lead)

Sep 5, 2010, 21:30 GMT

New York - A trio of women's Grand Slam champions moved into the quarter-finals of the US Open, with holder Kim Clijsters, Italy's Francesca Schiavone and Venus Williams all advancing untroubled on Sunday. ... more

Clijsters keeps pressure at bay as title defence advances

Sep 5, 2010, 19:27 GMT

New York - Reigning Grand Slam champions Kim Clijsters and Italy's Francesca Schiavone moved into the quarter-finals of the US Open Sunday, with holder Clijsters saying pressure to defend the trophy did not figure in her game plan. ... more

Schiavone ready to climb mountain again after New York win

Aug 30, 2010, 19:35 GMT

New York - Francesca Schiavone won only her fourth match since lifting a surprise French Open title nearly three months ago as the sixth seed advanced over Ayumi Morita 6-1, 6-0 Monday to begin the US Open. ... more

Injured Dementieva pulls from Wimbledon

Jun 15, 2010, 13:37 GMT

London - The calf injury which forced Elena Dementieva to quit her French Open semi-final against Francesca Schiavone will keep the Russia from Wimbledon. ... more

Williams sisters lead WTA list - Paris champ Schiavone sixth

Jun 7, 2010, 12:07 GMT

Hamburg - French Open champion Francesca Schiavone shot to a career-high number six in the latest women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA, with the Williams sisters Serena and Venus still leading the way. ... more

NOTEBOOK: Calf injury could wreck Wimbledon for Dementieva

Jun 6, 2010, 11:12 GMT

Paris - Injured Russian Elena Dementieva is worried that she could miss Wimbledon with the calf injury which forced her to quit her French Open semi-final against Francesca Schiavone. ... more

Schiavone sets a big table after French Open title success

Jun 6, 2010, 10:11 GMT

Paris - New French Open champion Francesca Schiavone was crowned 'Queen of France' in Italian headlines as the bubbling winner joked that she will have to buy a new house to accommodate all of her family and friends at a congratulatory meal and celebration. ... more

Smiling Schiavone in historic Italian triumph in Paris (2nd Lead)

Jun 5, 2010, 16:28 GMT

Paris - Smiling Francesca Schiavone made history for Italy as she defeated Australian Samantha Stosur 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) to win the French Open on Saturday. ... more

Schiavone makes history with italian triumph in Paris (1st Lead)

Jun 5, 2010, 16:03 GMT

Paris - Francesca Schiavone made history for Italy as she defeated Australian Samantha Stosur 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) to win the French Open on Saturday. ... more

URGENTSchiavone wins French Open

Jun 5, 2010, 15:51 GMT

Paris - Francesca Schiavone defeated Samantha Stosur 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) for the French Open title on Saturday, the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam trophy. ... more

Schiavone first Italian woman into Paris final

Jun 3, 2010, 14:57 GMT

Paris - Steady Francesca Schiavone became the first Italian woman to reach the final of the French Open Thursday as fifth-seeded opponent Elena Dementieva quit suddenly after losing the first set of their semi-final 7-6 (7-3). ... more

Schiavone gets down to earth after breakthrough Paris win (1st Lead)

Jun 1, 2010, 16:14 GMT

Paris - Italian Francesca Schiavone fell to the ground and planted a kiss on the clay of Roland Garros after reaching the first Grand Slam semi-final of her career on Tuesday. ... more

Italy roll to 2-0 lead over US

Nov 7, 2009, 16:32 GMT

Reggio Calabria, Italy - Italy moved into the winning position after one day of play Saturday in the Fed Cup final, as Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone crushed token US opposition. ... more

Hingis hammers luckless Schiavone to reach quarterfinals

May 18, 2006, 14:45 GMT

Rome - Martina Hingis extended her superiority over Francesca Schiavone as she dismissed the Italian sixth seed 6-0, 7-5 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the 1.34-million-euro Rome Masters. ... more