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Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki overcame a slow start to beat French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday and advance to the semifinals of the Australian Open.
This is Wozniacki's first Grand Slam as No. 1, a position called into question because she'd never won a major.
Schiavone dominated the opening set and a half before the effects of her previous match kicked in. She beat Svetlana Kuznetsova in a three-set match lasting 4 hours, 44 minutes, a record for a women's Grand Slam singles match.
Wozniacki rallied from a set and a break down against Schiavone before clinching it on her fourth match point -- nine minutes after she first served for the match.
"Francesca is such a fighter, and she started off really, really well and I didn't feel like I had the right timing," Wozniacki said. "So it was difficult for me in the beginning, but I fought back and I'm so happy that I'm standing here as the winner of the match."
The match point was contentious -- first called out by a line judge. An overrule by chair umpire Eva Aseraki forced Wozniacki to ask for a video ruling, which confirmed the initial call and ended the match.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/aus11/news/story?id=6055506
