The French Open draw may have opened up in tantalising fashion for defending women’s champion Francesca Schiavone, but the Italian fifth seed says she does not feel under any extra pressure.
Third seed Vera Zvonareva’s loss to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, after Caroline Wozniacki and Kim Clijsters were both eliminated, meant that none of the top three seeds reached the Roland Garros last eight for the first time since 1968.
