Italy Francesca Schiavone has made history by becoming the first Italian woman to make it to a Grand Slam's final in the Open Era. She already made history earlier by being the first to reach a semifinal at a slam.
Ironically, the last Italian woman, Silvia Lazzarino, also made a run at the French Open in 1954 all the way to the semifinal.
She did just that after Elena Dementieva retired from some kind of illness or injury.
Dementieva seemed fine until she lost the tiebreak in the first set. So what happened to her?
This is a major disappointment for the Russian.
More to come on this.