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Aces and Faults: Francesca Schiavone Finally Wins Maiden Title

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Eight-time Sony Ericsson WTA Tour finalist Francesca Schiavone finally broke-through for her first career title with a 6-1, 6-4 defeat of Yvonne Meusburger on Sunday in Austria. (Francesca Wins First Title at Inaugural Bad Gastein)

Anna Chakvetadze won her second straight title on Sunday in Stanford at the Bank of the West Classic with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Sania Mirza. (Chakvetadze Defeats Mirza For Fourth Title of Season)

Maria Sharapova leads the Russian Forbes Top Celebrities list. (Russian Forbes publishes Top 50 celebrities list)

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour website has a Q&A feature with Olga Govortsova. (Getting To Know… Olga Govortsova)

Venus Williams will be playing her first round match at the Acura Classic tonight against Anastasia Rodionova. (Venus Scheduled to Play Monday Night. Hingis Followed By Jankovic Will Play Tuesday Night and Defending Champ Sharapova to Play Wednesday Night)

Faults

None today!

Top Results Over the Weekend

Bank of the West Classic Singles Final
(1) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. Sania Mirza (IND) 6-3 6-2
Bank of the West Classic Doubles Final
(3) Mirza/Peer (IND/ISR) d. Azarenka/Chakvetadze (BLR/RUS) 6-4 7-6(5)

Bad Gastein Singles Final
(1) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-1 6-4
Bad Gastein Doubles Final
(3) Hradecka/Voracova (CZE/CZE) d. (1) Szavay/Uhlirova (HUN/CZE) 6-3 7-5

Acura Classic Links

Official Website
Main Draw
Ticket Information

Nordea Nordic Light Open Links

Official Website
Main Draw
Ticket Information

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  1. WilliamsFan | Jul 30, 2007 | Reply

    Brava and Congratulations to Schiavone. I’m so happy for her to finally get over that hurdle of winning a title. So I dont know if there’s anyway to track this sort of this but it seems to me that this must be one of the first times in history that all of the top 30 or so women have titles on their resumes. Just a few years ago there were top 10 players like Petrova and Kournikova who had never won titles. Hopefully this speaks to the depth of the game and not the fact that there are too many insignificant tournaments.

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