By Tennis Guru on Jun 3, 2011 in Francesca Schiavone, French Open, Li Na, Roland Garros, Watch Live Sports, watch online tennis | 1 Comment
The Roland Garros 2011 Ladies Singles Final Francesca Schiavone vs Li Na French Open match takes place on June 4, 2011 Saturday at Court Philippe Chatrier. The French Open 2011 ladies singles event has been full of upsets – with the world’s top four crashing out before the quarterfinals. In the end only two ladies [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jun 3, 2011 in Featured, Francesca Schiavone, French Open, Li Na, Roland Garros, Tennis News | 3 Comments
The Roland Garros 2011 Women’s Singles competition has been full of drama and stunning upsets. This Saturday, only two players are left standing to play for the title. It is a showdown between China and Italy. Li Na, the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam singles final at the Australian Open this year, [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jun 1, 2011 in Francesca Schiavone, French Open, Marion Bartoli, Roland Garros, Watch Live Sports, watch online tennis | 2 Comments
The Roland Garros 2011 Semifinal Francesca Schiavone vs Marion Bartoli French Open match takes place on June 2, 2011 Thursday at Court Philippe Chatrier. Schiavone, the defending French Open champion, was on the verge of defeat at the quarterfinals against Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova before recovering to beat the younger opponent in three sets. Bartoli, on [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jun 1, 2011 in Francesca Schiavone, French Open, Roland Garros, Tennis News | 1 Comment
Defending Roland Garros champion Francesca Schiavone fought hard to subdue her younger opponent to reach the French Open semifinals. The 30-year old Italian beat 14th-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 in the quarterfinals. Schiavone was two points from defeat in the second set with her 19-year opponent calling the shots. However, the Italian [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 30, 2011 in Francesca Schiavone, French Open, Roland Garros, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Defending French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy beat 10th-seeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals. The fifth-seeded Italian broke Jankovic’s serve to lead 5-4 in the last set and eventually served it out to victory. She’s now just three matches away from winning the French Open back-to-back. Schiavone [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 20, 2011 in Francesca Schiavone, French Open, Roland Garros, Tennis News | 0 Comments
World number five Francesca Schiavone knows that there’s a lot at stake at the Roland Garros 2011 tournament which begins on Sunday, May 22. For one, she’s the defending champion which means there’s pressure for her to do well in the second Slam event of the season. Second, failure to do so would mean losing [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 27, 2011 in Featured, Francesca Schiavone, French Open, Roland Garros | 0 Comments
Francesca Schiavone is the ultimate proof that tennis is not necessarily a young person’s game. She won her maiden slam at Roland Garros last year, two weeks before she turned 30 and is undoubtedly playing the best tennis of her career at an age when most peers are considering retirement. Before the 2010 French Open [...]
By Tennis Guru on Nov 8, 2010 in Featured, FED Cup, Francesca Schiavone, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Italy secured its third FED Cup title in three years after Flavia Pennetta crushed American teen Coco Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-2 in the fourth rubber of the event. This placed Italy in a 3-1 lead over the United States and the doubles rubber later on won’t affect the outcome of the tournament. Earlier, American Melanie Oudin [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jun 7, 2010 in Francesca Schiavone, French Open, Tennis Feature | 0 Comments
Italian player Francesca Schiavone surprised everyone when she fought her way past talented and higher ranked tennis players to win her first career major title at the Roland Garros. Seeded 17th, the Italian wasn’t even considered as a contender for the title with the likes of Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Justine Henin expected to [...]