ROME, May 10 (Reuters) - French Open champion Francesca Schiavone used her far greater experience to defeat American upstart Christina McHale and reach the third round of the Italian Open on Tuesday.
Schiavone, 12 years older than McHale who turns 19 on Wednesday,
breezed through 6-3 6-1 in sweltering conditions in the Italian capital and said she was pleased with her form as Roland Garros approaches.
"Everything went according to plan today and it's given me confidence," said Schiavone, who suffered a third round loss to American Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the Madrid Open last week.
"It was nice and hot with the court playing very fast so your reactions have to be sharp. It wasn't a great game for the crowd to shout for every point but the encouragement still helped a lot."
The second seed broke the New Jersey qualifier's serve midway through the first set and never looked back, racing to victory in 71 minutes.
There was more Italian success in the first round when wildcard Alberta Brianti beat China's Zheng Jie 6-4 7-5 and Sara Errani went through against compatriot Roberta Vinci who retired injured after losing the first set 6-2.
Brianti will face Hungary's Greta Arn, who defeated defending champion Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez on Monday, while Errani faces third seed Victoria Azarenka in the second round.
Australia's Anastasia Rodionova beat Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4 6-4 to set up a second round clash against top seed Caroline Wozniacki.
Schiavone, 12 years older than McHale who turns 19 on Wednesday,
breezed through 6-3 6-1 in sweltering conditions in the Italian capital and said she was pleased with her form as Roland Garros approaches.
"Everything went according to plan today and it's given me confidence," said Schiavone, who suffered a third round loss to American Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the Madrid Open last week.
"It was nice and hot with the court playing very fast so your reactions have to be sharp. It wasn't a great game for the crowd to shout for every point but the encouragement still helped a lot."
The second seed broke the New Jersey qualifier's serve midway through the first set and never looked back, racing to victory in 71 minutes.
There was more Italian success in the first round when wildcard Alberta Brianti beat China's Zheng Jie 6-4 7-5 and Sara Errani went through against compatriot Roberta Vinci who retired injured after losing the first set 6-2.
Brianti will face Hungary's Greta Arn, who defeated defending champion Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez on Monday, while Errani faces third seed Victoria Azarenka in the second round.
Australia's Anastasia Rodionova beat Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4 6-4 to set up a second round clash against top seed Caroline Wozniacki.
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