(From olimpiadi.blogosfere.it )
no longer stop and Francesca Schiavone, with victory in the semi-final against Elena Dementieva, enters 29 years in tennis history as the first Italian to win the right to play in the final in a Grand Slam tournament, a personal statement that is worth more than 20 Fed Cup
In the past, only the men were six final appearances by the colors blue, always Paris with the victories of Nicola Pietrangeli in 1959 and 1960 and Adriano Panatta in 1976.
The final came after today's victory contralateral Russian Elena Dementieva, seeded fifth favorite, withdrew over a calf problem left after losing the first set tie-break to 7 points to 3. The set most of his life, the tennis player Milan suffered no embarrassment despite having suffered a break in the seventh game. The Russian, however, immediately returns the favor by committing two double faults and the score back in balance. You arrive at the tie-break: Dementieva 2-0 clicks, Francesca slipped six points in a row, the Russian saves the first set point with a volley but stop shortly after it sends a ball into the corridor and is 7-6 Schiavone.
In the final, Saturday, Francesca Schiavone will find Australia's Samantha Stosur, head diserie number 7, which has dominato la sua semifinale contro Jelena Jankovic imponendosi per 6-1 6-2 in appena 59 minuti di gioco.
Con la vittoria di oggi, la Schiavone, conquista la settima posizione del Ranking Wta sorpassando Kim Cljisters e Agnieszka Radwanksa. Un eventuale successo in finale la porterebbe in posizione numero 6, con la Stosur al 7. Ad arricchire il prossimo lunedì di classifiche ci sarà la simultanea presenza di Francesca Schiavone e Flavia Pennetta (10) nelle Top Ten.
