SCHIAVONE, VINCI WILL MEET IN ALL-ITALIAN BARCELONA FINAL
Barcelona, Spain (Sports Network) - Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone and reigning champion Roberta Vinci were Friday's semifinal winners at the $220,000 Barcelona Ladies Open, where they'll meet in an all-Italian final here on Saturday. The 29-year-old Schiavone will appear in her 12th career final, seeking a third championship. The world No. 17 Milan native went 1-2 in a trio of finals last season. The 54th-ranked Taranto native/Palermo resident titled here in Barcelona last year to improve to 2-0 in her title tiltsSchiavone drilled Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6-1, 6-2 in just 68 minutes, while an unseeded Vinci continued her winning ways at this event by coming from behind to beat Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 6-2 on the red clay at David Lloyd Club Turo. Schiavone is 3-1 lifetime against her compatriot Vinci, but Vinci is 1-0 on clay, having beaten Schiavone in a semifinal here last year. Saturday's winner will collect $37,000 Merchant Account 1 hour payday loans
