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By Caroline Cheese
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Stosur *4-4 Schiavone
Schiavone goes for a big second serve out wide, but misses and that's the first double of the day. Trouble at 15-30, but she follows it with a third ace - down the middle. Nice. Lovely net approach now, and she's virtually on top of the net as she prods one into the open court. Very impressive by both players here.
Schiavone goes for a big second serve out wide, but misses and that's the first double of the day. Trouble at 15-30, but she follows it with a third ace - down the middle. Nice. Lovely net approach now, and she's virtually on top of the net as she prods one into the open court. Very impressive by both players here.
Sam Smith on the BBC Red Button: "No woman seeded outside the top 10 has won the French Open title since 1933."
Stosur 4-3* Schiavone
Schiavone's scrambling pays off on the first point, Stosur belting a smash over the baseline, but the Aussie puts that shocker behind her to reel off three points in a row. Schiavone then cleverly draws Stosur in and flicks the pass crosscourt, but then sees a forehand comes flying past her and they're back to the chairs.
Schiavone's scrambling pays off on the first point, Stosur belting a smash over the baseline, but the Aussie puts that shocker behind her to reel off three points in a row. Schiavone then cleverly draws Stosur in and flicks the pass crosscourt, but then sees a forehand comes flying past her and they're back to the chairs.
Stosur *3-3 Schiavone
The camera pans to a young couple in the posh seats. They might be famous. I don't know. Anyway, I don't like to speak to soon, but this match is quite decent so far. Interesting to watch how Schiavone tries to outsmart and outmanoeuvre her more powerful opponent. At deuce, the Italian plays the most magnificent half-volley to get to game point before levelling the set.
The camera pans to a young couple in the posh seats. They might be famous. I don't know. Anyway, I don't like to speak to soon, but this match is quite decent so far. Interesting to watch how Schiavone tries to outsmart and outmanoeuvre her more powerful opponent. At deuce, the Italian plays the most magnificent half-volley to get to game point before levelling the set.
Stosur 3-2* Schiavone
Schiavone the first to threaten. A deep backhand return forces the error and she has 0-30. Stosur eases the nerves with a wrong-footing backhand down the line and then an ace. The seventh seed wastes a game point, but comes through from deuce, finishing with a trademark booming forehand. Stosur's semi-final victim Jelena Jankovic got a lot of headlines for saying the Aussie played like a man - but she meant it as a compliment. "When I look at how the men play, she has kind of a similar game," said Jankovic. "She has a very good kick serve, which not many women have. It has a very heavy spin. And then she runs around the forehand."
Schiavone the first to threaten. A deep backhand return forces the error and she has 0-30. Stosur eases the nerves with a wrong-footing backhand down the line and then an ace. The seventh seed wastes a game point, but comes through from deuce, finishing with a trademark booming forehand. Stosur's semi-final victim Jelena Jankovic got a lot of headlines for saying the Aussie played like a man - but she meant it as a compliment. "When I look at how the men play, she has kind of a similar game," said Jankovic. "She has a very good kick serve, which not many women have. It has a very heavy spin. And then she runs around the forehand."
Stosur *2-2 Schiavone
Neither player getting much going on return. Only two points against the serve so far as Schiavone holds to love.
Neither player getting much going on return. Only two points against the serve so far as Schiavone holds to love.
Stosur 2-1* Schiavone
Wow, Stosur's serve really is a monster - and it's only going to be more scary in these hot conditions. The Aussie fires down several bombs on her way to a second love service game.
Wow, Stosur's serve really is a monster - and it's only going to be more scary in these hot conditions. The Aussie fires down several bombs on her way to a second love service game.
Stosur *1-1 Schiavone
Fellow Aussie Todd Woodbridge is in no doubt that Stosur will win this match, "barring a catastrophic case of nerves or a match-ending injury". Stosur rocks Schiavone with one huge forehand, but the Italian eases into a 40-15 lead before closing it out to 30.
Fellow Aussie Todd Woodbridge is in no doubt that Stosur will win this match, "barring a catastrophic case of nerves or a match-ending injury". Stosur rocks Schiavone with one huge forehand, but the Italian eases into a 40-15 lead before closing it out to 30.
Stosur 1-0* Schiavone
Super confident start for Stosur, holding to love in the opening game.
* denotes next to serve
Super confident start for Stosur, holding to love in the opening game.
* denotes next to serve
1411: Capriati-Clijsters is one of my all-time favourite women's matches... If this match is half as good as that one, I'll be happy. Stosur to serve first.
From mbb2009 on Twitter:
"Hope it goes to three sets. Last three-set French final was the brilliant Capriati v Clijsters match way back in 2001."
1406: Apologies to all the male Italian Grand Slam singles winners reading, Francesca Schiavone will become the first Italian woman to win a major singles title. Onwards: this match is a repeat of a first-round encounter last year, which Stosur won 6-4 6-2. A year later, they meet again in the final - neato. The Aussie has won all four of their matches since Stosur won their first meeting in 2005.
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1401: Here come the players down the tunnel and up to our French TV interviewer. Francesca Schiavone is all smiles as she says: "I'm happy to be here. Now I've got to enjoy. Anything can happen. We are two great persons and great tennis players…" A brief word from Sam Stosur: "It's the first time for both of us, I'm just looking forward to getting out there."
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1357: Both Sam Stosur and Francesca Schiavone would be fairytale winners. Stosur, whose career was threatened by Lyme disease just three years ago, would be the first Australian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title for 30 years. Schiavone will be Italy's first ever major singles winner and at 29, she'd be the second oldest first-time winner in the open era.
1352: Well, I can't pretend to know what Suzanne Lenglen would have made of it all, although I obviously share her diva qualities, but I refuse to write off this final until I've actually watched it. Or at least a set of it. And after it's over, we'll have a new Grand Slam champion to crown, which is never dull. Come on, stay positive, people.
1345: Bonjour. When I walked in this morning, my colleague presented me with a newspaper headline, which asks: Is this the worst grand slam final ever? "Today," writes the
Daily Telegraph's Mark Hodgkinson,
"Paris is being asked to care about Stosur and Schiavone, to make some emotional investment in the Australian and the Italian... You have to wonder what Suzanne Lenglen, the original tennis diva and celebrity, would make of it all."
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