PARIS:
Maria Sharapova won her second French Open and fifth career major on
Saturday with a 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 win over Romania´s Simona Halep in
the tournament´s second longest final.
At 3hr 02min, it was just two minutes shy of the 1996 final between Steffi Graf and Aranxta Sanchez.
Sharapova, the seventh seed, won her first Roland Garros title in 2012 and was runner-up last year to Serena Williams.
Halep, the fourth seed, was playing in her maiden final at a Grand Slam and was hoping to become the first Romanian champion since Virginia Ruzici in 1978.
Saturday´s win took Sharapova, 27, level with Martina Hingis as a five-time Grand Slam title champion. (AFP)
At 3hr 02min, it was just two minutes shy of the 1996 final between Steffi Graf and Aranxta Sanchez.
Sharapova, the seventh seed, won her first Roland Garros title in 2012 and was runner-up last year to Serena Williams.
Halep, the fourth seed, was playing in her maiden final at a Grand Slam and was hoping to become the first Romanian champion since Virginia Ruzici in 1978.
Saturday´s win took Sharapova, 27, level with Martina Hingis as a five-time Grand Slam title champion. (AFP)
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