Francesca Schiavone hit a winning drop shot as the ball from Zhu Lin hit the ground before to pass the net. But the chair umpire didn't see it and the Chinese tell that she don't know anything about it.

No surprise for Rafael Nadal on the clay of Madrid on Thursday. No surprise except that the Spanish nearly does himself an unusual injury as he chases down a rifled forehand from Jarkko Nieminen in their Mutua Madrid Open third round.