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June 30th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Wimbledon losing in the quarterfinals 2 sets against Russia's Elena Dementieva, a 6-2, 6-2 loss.

June 29th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Wimbledon 4th round posting a 2 sets win against France's Virginie Razzano, a 6-2, 7-6 win. In the quarterfinals, Francesca will face Elena Dementieva.

June 26th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Wimbledon 3rd round posting a 2 sets win against France's Marion Bartoli, a 7-6, 6-0 win. In the 4th round, Francesca will face V. Zvonareva or V. Razzano.

June 24th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Wimbledon 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Portugal's Michelle Larcher de Brito, a 7-6, 7-6 win. In the 3rd round, Francesca will face Marion Bartoli.

June 22nd 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Wimbledon 1st round posting a 3 sets win against Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak, a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win. In the 2nd round, Francesca will face Michelle Larcher De Brito.

June 19th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Hertogenbosch losing in the semifinals 3 sets against Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer, a 7-6, 2-6, 6-3 loss.

June 18th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Hertogenbosch quarterfinals posting a 2 sets win against Belarus's Olga Govortsova, a 6-1, 6-3 win. In the semifinals, Francesca will face Yanina Wickmayer.

June 17th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Hertogenbosch 2nd round posting a 3 sets win against Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko, a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win. In the quarterfinals, Francesca will face Olga Govortsova.

June 15th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Hertogenbosch 1st round posting a 2 sets win against France's Julie Coin, a 6-2, 6-2 win. In the 2nd round, Francesca will face A. Bondarenko or M. Rybarikova.

June 11th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Birmingham losing in the 3rd round 2 sets against Russia's Maria Sharapova, a 6-1, 6-3 loss.

June 11th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Birmingham 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Russia's Mariya Koryttseva, a 6-1, 6-1 win. In the 3rd round, Francesca will face Maria Sharapova.

May 26th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Roland Garros losing in the 1st round 2 sets against Australia's Samantha Stosur, a 6-4, 6-2 loss.

May 13th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open losing in the 3rd round 3 sets against Russia's Vera Dushevina, a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 loss.

May 12th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Czeck Republic's Petra Kvitova, a 6-4, 6-2 win. In the 3rd round, Francesca will face Vera Dushevina.

May 11th 2009: Francesca reached the 2nd round in Madrid as she defeated Serena Williams when Serena withdrew with an injury while Francesca led 6-4.. next up is Petra Kvitova.

May 5th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Rome losing in the 2nd round 2 sets against Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, a 6-3, 6-4 loss.

May 3rd 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Rome 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Italy's Alberta Brianti, a 6-3, 6-4 win. In the 2nd round, Francesca will face A. Ivanovic.

April 26th 2009: Wow, a very impressive win by Italy this weekend as they reached the Fed Cup final with a 4-1 win over Russia:) Flavia Pennetta defeated Anna Chakvetadze 6-4, 6-0, then Francesca Schiavone gave Italy a 2-0 lead with a win over Svetlana Kuznetsova. Svetlana then won against Flavia  but a 3 set win by Francesca Schiavone against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova gave Italy the win! Italy will face USA in the final:)

April 18th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Barcelona losing in the semifinals 3 sets against Italy's Roberta Vinci, a 0-6, 7-6, 6-4 loss.

April 17th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Barcelona quarterfinals posting a 2 sets win against Czeck Republic's Lucie Safarova, a 6-3, 7-5 win. In the semifinals, Francesca will face Roberta Vinci.

April 16th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Barcelona 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Czeck Republic's Nicole Vaidisova, a 6-2, 6-3 win. In the quarterfinals, Francesca will face Lucie Safarova.

April 14th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Barcelona 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Spain's Lourdes Dominguez Lino, a 7-6, 6-4 win. In the 2nd round, Francesca will face Nicole Vaidisova.

April 7th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Marbella losing in the 1st round 2 sets against Serbia's Jelena Jankovic, a 6-2, 6-1 loss.

March 27th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Sony Ericsson Open losing in the 2nd round 3 sets against Hungary's Agnes Szavay, a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 loss.

March 25th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Sony Ericsson Open 1st round posting a 3 sets win against Bulgaria's Tsveta Pironkova, a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win. In the 2nd round, Francesca will face Agnes Szavay.

March 12th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in BNP Paribas Open losing in the 1st round 2 sets against Australia's Samantha Stosur, a 6-1, 6-4 loss.

February 17th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Dubai losing in the 2nd round 3 sets against France's Marion Bartoli, a 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 loss.

February 16th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in the Dubai 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Australia's Casey Dellacqua, a 6-1, 6-1 win. In the 2nd round, Francesca will face Marion Bartoli.

February 11th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Open GDF SUEZ losing in the 1st round 2 sets against Serbia's Jelena Jankovic, a 7-5, 7-6 loss.

February 8th 2009: Flavia Pennetta was solid once more today in Fed Cup play!! She defeated Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-2 to give Italy the win! Italy also won the remaining singles (Errani vs Mauresmo) and the doubles match..a 5-0 win and Italy wll now face Russia in the semifinals!

February 7th 2009: Wow, dramatic day today in the Fed Cup 1st round as Italy took a 2-0 lead over France in 2 very close matches! First, Flavia Pennetta defeated Amelie Mauresmo in a close 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 match.. Then, Francesca defeated Alize Cornet 6-1, 2-6, 8-6..!!!!!

January 20th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Australian Open losing in 2 sets against China's Shuai Peng, a 7-6, 6-1 loss.

January 10th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Moorilla Hobart International, Qualification losing in 2 sets against Poland's Urszula Radwanska, a 6-3, 7-6 loss.

January 9th 2009: Good news today as Francesca won her match in Moorilla Hobart International, Qualification posting a 2 sets win against S. Golds  a 6-4, 6-2 win. She will now face Urszula Radwanska...

January 5th 2009: Sad news today as Francesca lost her match in Brisbane International losing in 2 sets against Belarus's Olga Govortsova, a 7-5, 6-2 loss.

October 22nd 2008: Sad news as Francesca lost her match today in the Linz as she lost to Austria's Sybille Bammer 7-5, 6-3.

October 17th 2008: Sad news as Francesca lost her match today in the Zurich as she lost to USA's Venus Williams 3-6, 3-6.

October 15th 2008: Good news as Francesca won her match today in the Zurich as she defeated Russia's Maria Kirilenko with a 6-3, 7-5 win, she will now face Venus Williams.

October 14th 2008: Good news as Francesca won her match today in the Zurich as she defeated Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki with a 7-6, 6-2 win, she will now face Maria Kirilenko...

October 7th 2008: Sad news as Francesca lost her match today in the Moscow as she lost to Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova 3-6, 2-6.

October 6th 2008: Good news as Francesca won her match today in the Kremlin Cup, Qualification as she defeated Russia's Mariya Koryttseva with a 6-0, 6-1 win, she will now advance to the main draw!

October 5th 2008: Good news as Francesca won her match today in the Kremlin Cup, Qualification as she defeated Russia's Yaroslava Shvedova with a 6-3, 6-4 win, she will now face Mariya Koryttseva.

October 4th 2008: Good news as Francesca won her match today in the Kremlin Cup, Qualification as she defeated A. A. Marenko with a 6-0, 6-0 win, she will now face Yaroslava Shvedova.

September 25th 2008: Sad news as Francesca lost her match today in the Beijing as she lost to Russia's Vera Zvonareva 7-6, 6-2.

September 23rd 2008: Good news as Francesca won her match today in the Beijing as she defeated China's Na Li with a 6-1, 7-6 win, she will now face #3 seed Dinara Safina.

September 18th 2008: Sad news as Francesca lost her match today in the Tokyo as she lost to Slovenia's Katerina Srebotnik 6-4, 6-3.

September 16th 2008: Good news as Francesca won her match today in the Tokyo as she defeated Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova with a 6-1, 7-5 win, she will now face Caroline Wozniacki or Katerina Srebotnik...