Wimbledon 2012: Petra Kvitova narrowly escapes defeat at the hands of Francesca Shiavone The Czech won six games in a row: from 5-6 in the second, claiming that knife-edge set 7-5, then blitzing through the final set, 6-1, to go through to the quarter-final where she meets Serena Williams. Schiavone won the opening set, 6-4. As well as the two sit-down breaks for the weather, totalling 13 minutes in all - during which conditions didn't change a jot - there was also an embarrassing umpiring slip-of-the-tongue. Fiona Edwards called "Game and second set" to Kvitova when in fact it should have been deuce in the 11th game of the second set. More grist to the Schiavone sense of injustice. Until the rains came, mizzle rather than drizzle, dampening the court without soaking it, Schiavone had looked at ease with herself and much of her game. Her only frailty was her serve. The 26th seed had 11 double faults against her name by the end of the second set. That apart, there was far more drive and ambition to her game, punching and driving while Kvitova sprayed balls long and wide. The Italian took the first set 6-4, and was well-placed in the second until it all got very messy. After the misery of Euro 2012, another Italian departed with misery etched all over her face.