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Schiavone fights off match points to beat Begu

Netherlands, Jun 20:  Francesca Schiavone saved four match points to beat Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (8) at the Unicef Open on Wednesday.The 2010 French Open champion served 14 double faults and fell

schiavone fights off match points to beat begu schiavone fights off match points to beat begu
Netherlands, Jun 20:  Francesca Schiavone saved four match points to beat Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (8) at the Unicef Open on Wednesday.




The 2010 French Open champion served 14 double faults and fell behind 6-2 in the decisive tiebreaker before fighting back to win it 10-8.

Schiavone, who beat fifth-seeded Maria Kirilenko in the first round, earned a quarterfinal against Kim Clijsters.

Earlier in men's play, Tatsuma Ito of Japan took less than an hour to beat third-seeded Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-2, 6-2.