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Francesca Schiavone Wins Thriller to Advance to Semifinals at Roland Garros

Roland Garros - Women's Quarterfinal

5 Francesca Schiavone d 15 Anastasia Pavyluchenkova - 16 75 75

Boy talk about digging deep - Fran was 16 1-4 down before waking up.

The defending champ is back in the Sf's - she's now won 12 in-a-row at RG.

Remember, it was at this stage last year when nobody gave her a shot.

Dementieva & Stosur were both supposed to destroy her - didn't happen.

Can she make it back to the final and lift the trophy again?

Without the top 3 players out she's in with a shot.

Photo: Corinne Dubreuil

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova into Quarterfinal at Roland Garros

Roland Garros - Women's Fourth Round

14 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova d 3 Vera Zvonareva - 76(4) 26 62

The talented teenager moves into her first Slam quarterfinal.

Many have looked to her as one of the best of the coming years.

She's proving it in Paris.

She will next face the winner of the Schiavone/Jankovic match.

Win.Ab.Bull.

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This is the first time in the Open Era the top 3 seeds have to make the Qf's.

Photo: Sindy Thomas

Um, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Tweeted this Today

And I just don't know what to say excpet that...

It looks like she's auditioning for a victim on CSI. Wow.

Me thinks Serena won the battle of pink outfits today.