Tennis

French Open champ Schiavone through to 4th round

Published Jan. 21, 2011 1:52 a.m. ET

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French Open champion Francesca Schiavone advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open, beating Monica Niculescu of Romania 6-0, 7-6 (2) on Friday.

Niculescu was serving for the second set, but the sixth-seeded Schiavone quickly held three break points and leveled the set at 5-5, part of a sequence of five service breaks in six games. In the tiebreaker, Schiavone jumped out to 3-0 lead and won the match with a forehand to the open court.

Schiavone will play last year's finalist Justine Henin or former U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round.

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