Chakvetadze advances to Italian Open semis

Published 5/16/2008 at FOXSports.com News for TENNIS

Sixth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze held off Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 Friday to become the first semifinalist at the Italian Open. Pironkova notched the biggest win of her career Wednesday when she upset top-seeded Ana Ivanovic, and she appeared out of energy in the third set. Chakvetadze was trying to figure out what went wrong for her in the second set. "I don't know what happened with me," she said. "I felt like I was playing against myself. [link]

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