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Schiavone plays her own 'Federer' shot

FRENCH Open champion Francesca Schiavone said she wants a DVD copy of the Roger Federer-like trick shot she produced on her way to the fourth round of the US Open on Friday.

The Italian sixth seed replicated Federer's stunning between-the-legs shot in the second set of her 6-1, 7-5 win over 29th seed Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine.

After cruising through the first set in New York, Schiavone ran into trouble in the second but managed to storm back and reach the last 16 of a grand slam for the fifth time in her career.

"I want to see it," Schiavone said. "Maybe tomorrow I try to take the DVD. They told me that they show on TV the best five shots. The first one was Roger's, it was amazing. The second one was a rally between (Novak) Djokovic and (Rafael) Nadal. The last one was me (but) maybe I go a little bit forward, like third place."

Schiavone, who now plays Russia 20th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, said she had played the shot many times in her career but that it was never premeditated.

"It is instinct, I think. When you calculate that it's a good time to do it and a good ball to do it, you do it. It is art, something that is coming from inside," she said.

Bondarenko had won their most recent match but the Italian breezed through the first set in 33 minutes.

 

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