First-timers Stosur and Schiavone set for final battle | Reuters

First-timers Stosur and Schiavone set for final battle | Reuters: "Not since 2004 has the Paris showpiece featured two players in their first grand slam final but this one is even more surprising than the duel six years ago when Anastasia Myskina beat fellow Russian Elena Dementieva.

Schiavone, soon to turn 30, will become the first Italian female to win a grand slam singles title if she prevails against Stosur, herself bidding to become the first Australian woman to win one since Evonne Goolagong triumphed at Wimbledon in 1980."