By Justin Palmer
LONDON (Reuters) - From joy to despair, elation to misery.
Schiavone, a quarter-finalist last year, was tamed 6-7 7-5 6-1 by an opponent who dug in and matched the hard-hitting Italian toe-to-toe throughout a contest that ended six minutes short of three hours.
"Different surface, a different feeling.... I did not take my chances. It's not easy on grass if you do not serve so good," a downbeat Schiavone told a news conference.
But while her fellow Russian has reached the highest levels of the game and sampled grand slam glory, the 23-year-old Dushevina has not kicked on from her junior success.
The world number 56 has yet to advance beyond the second round at Wimbledon, a record she now hopes to set straight.
"I had a plan. Francesca is the French Open champion but I have been junior champion here and I know how to play on grass," she said.
"I like grass, I don't really like clay. Let's see, I really want to stay for the second week."
Dushevina shrugged off losing a first-set tiebreak without registering a point to dig in during an attritional second set, her battling qualities emphasized by a marathon 11th game in which she saved four break points.
Schiavone seemed visibly deflated by her inability to seize her chances. Dushevina comfortably held to level the match and quickly raced into a 5-0 lead in the decider as her opponent's game disintegrated.
Schiavone, who turns 30 on Wednesday, avoided a third-set whitewash by briefly rallying before Dushevina ended her resistance on her second match point.
She now plays Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova.
(Editing by Miles Evans)
