What’s Next for French Open Finalists Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur?

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Published: June 6, 2010

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The two participants in the women’s final at Roland Garros were somewhat of a surprise. Samantha Stosur was supposed to be knocked out by Justine Henin, and then she was supposed to lose to Serena Williams. Neither expectation was met. Stosur would book her place in the final, one year after faltering at the semi-final stage.

Francesca Schiavone, on the other hand, was supposed to be out of the tournament in the first week. In 39 attempts at trying to win a major title, her challenge has been halted the first or second round on 17 occasions, so one could be forgiven for expecting an early exit by the Italian.

The final itself failed to capture the imagination of some people, but Schiavone will not be bothered by that. At 29-years-old she became the second oldest first-time slam winner in the Open era, but what lies in store for her now.

What’s Next for Francesca Schiavone?

Schiavone entered the French Open at No. 17 in the world, the same kind of position that she had occupied for a number of years. Forever fluctuating between the top 10 and 30 positions, she remained a stalwart on the WTA Tour that the big names wouldn’t have been pleased to be drawn against, yet they would’ve known they had enough to beat the battling Italian.

It wasn’t until 2007 that she finally won her first singles title, having previously been a runner-up eight times prior to her initial triumph. Since that victory, Schiavone had only gone on to win a further two titles, one of which was earlier this year on the clay in Barcelona. All three of her titles had come in tier three events, giving us no real indication that she was capable of winning a major title.

In her run to the French Open title, she defeated very respectable opposition, including Na Li, Maria Kirilenko and Caroline Wozniacki. She also took the first set off the highly fancied Elena Dementieva before the Russian inexplicably ...
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