Shvedova beats Schiavone, sets up Miami clash with Serena


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 19 Mar 2014

MIAMI (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova beat former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4 6-2 at the Sony Open on Tuesday, earning a second-round meeting with world number one Serena Williams.

The world number 59 broke the Italian to take the first set and broke again to move ahead 3-1 in the second before recording one final break to close out the contest and collect her first win in four meetings with the 2010 French Open champion.

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