The experienced Schiavone, who lost to China's Li Na in the French Open, stayed cool headed and turned around the situation by winning the last five games to secure the match at 6-1.
Elsewhere, the 2008 winner and 10th seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia saved one match point but still lost to Tamira Paszek of Austria 7-5, 6-4 while 15th seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy beat Rebecca Marino from Canada 6-4, 6-3.
Other winners on Saturday included Australian Jarmila Gajdosova, who defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-3, 6-0 and Swede Sofia Arvidsson, who overcame a second set slump to beat Alona Bondarenko from Ukraine 6-2, 5-7, 7-5.
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