Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage of the women's French Open final between defending champion Francesca Schiavone, seeded fifth, and Chinese sixth seed Li Na

Li understandably emotional during as her national anthem is playing after she has been awarded with the trophy

SCHIAVONE 4-6 6-7(0) - GAME, SET & MATCH - Li only needs one of her six match points as her length hitting once again proves too much for Schiavone, who sends a forehand long to hand Li the French Open title

LI NA IS THE NEW FRENCH OPEN CHAMPION!

SCHIAVONE 4-6 6-6 (0-6) - TIE-BREAK - The smile has returned to Li's face now as she races out to a 4-0 lead with a tricky backhand drive volley winner across court that Schiavone simply cannot get to. And then she goes 5-0 up with a dipping forehand that Schiavone can only volley back into the net. Li has SIX CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS at the change of ends after Schiavone sends a forehand just long ...

SCHIAVONE 4-6 6-6 - Li gets a late call on a cross court forehand. Schiavone is convinced the ball was out by umpire Louis Engzell is quick out of the chair and says the ball was in. That would've been set point Schiavone but instead it is game point Li. And the Chinese sixth seed does go on to hold and force the tie-break

SCHIAVONE 4-6 6-5 - Schiavone holds to love to put all the pressure back on Li, who will have to serve to stay in the set for a second time after the change of ends, the Chinese sixth seed hitting a forehand long

SCHIAVONE 4-6 5-5 - Li completely misses a ball as a Schiavone forehand catches the back of the tape and skids through, and a net cord a couple of points later for the Italian is enough to put off Li, who eventually hits a forehand into the net to squander a game point. But the Chinese sixth seed shows some real resistance to bounce back and hold when Schiavone sends a forehand long of the baseline

SCHIAVONE 4-6 5-4 - Despite helping Li with a couple of forehands long, Schiavone holds when a return of serve from her opponent sails well over her head on the service line and long of the baseline. Li will have to serve to stay in this set after the change of ends

SCHIAVONE 4-6 4-4 - BREAK - A small chink of light for Schiavone as she gets 0-30 on Li's serve for the first time. The sixth seed gets off the mark with a forehand wide down the line from Schiavone but Li hits a forehand into the net to hand Schiavone two more break back points before berrating her camp. And SCHIAVONE BREAKS BACK at the very first attempt, Li hitting a forehand well wide down the line after being pushed wide by Schiavone

SCHIAVONE 4-6 3-4 - A huge forehand across court can only be returned wide by a diving Schiavone and it hands Li another break point. Again Schiavone saves it with a kicking first serve that Li can only return long and she goes on to hold with a forehand drive volley winner across court before jogging back to the chair

SCHIAVONE 4-6 2-4 - Li flicks a forehand winner over the net to earn herself two game points although Schiavone denies her on the first with a dipping a backhand passing shot winner down the line. But Li gets down low to a return of serve on the baseline from Li and rattles her backhand down the line for a winner to hold. Li now just two games away from a maiden Grand Slam title

SCHIAVONE 4-6 2-3 - A forehand passing shot down the line, followed by a forehand passing shot across court from Li put yet more pressure on the Schiavone serve as she finds herself at 30-30. A backhand drop shot from Schiavone is a bit of a desperate attempt from Schiavone and it drops short into the net to hand Li a break point. It goes begging though as Li tees it up perfectly only to hit a forehand into the net off the shorter ball. And Schiavone goes on to hold when Li hits into the net

SCHIAVONE 4-6 1-3 - Li's first serve today is almost unanswerable as she bounces back from dropping the first point on serve to charge through a hold to 15, with the Italian really struggling to get her return in play at all

SCHIAVONE 4-6 1-2 - A much better service hold from Schiavone as she drops just the one point with a forehand wide down the line. There is no doubt that the Italian is trying mix things up a bit now, getting much more kick on the ball and trying to hussle Li out of the points

SCHIAVONE 4-6 0-2 - a one-two punch of a backhand down the line followed by a forehand winner down the line gets the crowd going, (no doubt who's side they are on) and Schiavone goes on to earn herself a break back point with a really sneak move into the net and a backhand stop volley winner. Li saves it with an ace down the centre of the court and she goes on to hold when Schiavone pulls the trigger on a forehand down the line (after running round the ball) only to hit wide

SCHIAVONE 4-6 0-1 - BREAK - Li's power is proving too much for Schiavone so far today as she quickly earns herself two more break points. The first goes begging when she hits long of the baseline, as does the second. But she catches the back of the line on the third and Schiavone hits into the net to concede her serve early in this second set

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SCHIAVONE 4-6 - SET - Schiavone sends a foerhand return just long and Li has a thoroughly-deserved first set after 39 minutes.

Schiavone literally muscles her way into the net and an off-forehand approach shot winner to level up at 15-15 but Li quickly recovers with a *very* confident forehand drive volley winner across court to sneak out in front again. A backhand error from Li sees Schiavone level at 30-30 but the Chinese player takes time to steady herself before taking the next point with a forehand winner across court, despite retreating and being two metres behind the baseline. It's SET POINT for Li ...

SCHIAVONE 4-5 - Another solid game for Schiavone as she holds to 15 with a cross court forehand winner after a solid serve down the centre of the court. Li's nerve will be tested now as she prepares to serve for the opening set after the change of ends