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Francesca Schiavone win French Open

Francesca Schiavone became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title after defeating Australian favourite Samantha Stosur in the French Open final on Saturday.
The 29-year-old from Milan is the first Italian woman to lift a Grand Slam trophy and is the first Italian player overall to play a Grand Slam final since [...]

Australian Open: Sania, Paes move on, Somdev-Prakash out

India’s Sania Mirza and Leander Paes advanced with their respective partners in the while Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj were shown the door in the doubles at the Australian Open tennis at Melbourne Park here Friday.
The 10th-seeded pair of Sania and Spaniard Virginia Ruano Pascual battled past Swiss Timea Bacsinszky and Italian Tathiana Garbin 7-6(3), [...]

Tennis: Sania enters semi final of Japan open

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza entered the semi final round of the Japan open here on Friday.
She defeated Argentina’s Marian Bartoli in the quarterfinal tie.
Sania maintained upper hand throughout the match.
Bartoli walked out of the match when she was trailing by 4-6, nil-2 in the second set.
Interacting with the media after her win, Sania [...]