<p>Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova beat former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-2 at the Sony Open on Tuesday, earning a second-round meeting with Serena Williams.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The world number 59 broke the Italian to take the first set and broke again to move ahead 3-1 in the second before recording one final break to close out the contest and collect her first win in four meetings with the 2010 French Open champion.<br /><br />Schiavone, the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam, has been in miserable form losing seven consecutive first-round matches before ending the barren stretch last week at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.<br /><br />Shvedova, whose only career WTA Tour win came seven years ago in Bangalore, has lost all three meetings with Williams but did push the six-time Miami champion to three sets during a round of 16 meeting at the 2012 Wimbledon.<br /><br />The upset of the day went to 20-year-old Monica Puig who dispatched 36th ranked Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-1, 7-6 (9-7). It was the second match win of the season for the 58th ranked Puerto Rican.<br /><br />The tournament began on a down note for the home contingent with American Bethanie Mattek-Sands falling 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.<br /><br />Results (round I): Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) bt Indy de Vroome (Ned) 7-5, 5-7, 6-2; Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) bt Iveta Melzer (Cze) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1; Chanelle Scheepers (SA) bt Silvia Soler Espinosa (Esp) 6-3, 6-0; Varvara Lepchenko (US) bt Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 7-5, 6-1; Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 6-1, 7-6 (9-7); Casey Dellacqua (Aus) bt Stefanie Voegele (Sui) 6-3, 6-2; Romina Oprandi (Sui) bt Bojana Jovanovski (Srb) 6-2, 6-4; Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-4, 6-2; Kurumi Nara (Jpn) bt Annika Beck (Ger) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4; Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) 6-3, 7-5; Elina Svitolina (Ukr) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Galina Voskoboeva (Kaz) 6-2, 7-5.</p>
<p>Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova beat former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-2 at the Sony Open on Tuesday, earning a second-round meeting with Serena Williams.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The world number 59 broke the Italian to take the first set and broke again to move ahead 3-1 in the second before recording one final break to close out the contest and collect her first win in four meetings with the 2010 French Open champion.<br /><br />Schiavone, the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam, has been in miserable form losing seven consecutive first-round matches before ending the barren stretch last week at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.<br /><br />Shvedova, whose only career WTA Tour win came seven years ago in Bangalore, has lost all three meetings with Williams but did push the six-time Miami champion to three sets during a round of 16 meeting at the 2012 Wimbledon.<br /><br />The upset of the day went to 20-year-old Monica Puig who dispatched 36th ranked Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-1, 7-6 (9-7). It was the second match win of the season for the 58th ranked Puerto Rican.<br /><br />The tournament began on a down note for the home contingent with American Bethanie Mattek-Sands falling 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.<br /><br />Results (round I): Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) bt Indy de Vroome (Ned) 7-5, 5-7, 6-2; Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) bt Iveta Melzer (Cze) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1; Chanelle Scheepers (SA) bt Silvia Soler Espinosa (Esp) 6-3, 6-0; Varvara Lepchenko (US) bt Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 7-5, 6-1; Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 6-1, 7-6 (9-7); Casey Dellacqua (Aus) bt Stefanie Voegele (Sui) 6-3, 6-2; Romina Oprandi (Sui) bt Bojana Jovanovski (Srb) 6-2, 6-4; Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-4, 6-2; Kurumi Nara (Jpn) bt Annika Beck (Ger) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4; Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) 6-3, 7-5; Elina Svitolina (Ukr) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Galina Voskoboeva (Kaz) 6-2, 7-5.</p>