French Open 2018 Women’s Final: World No. 1 Simona Wins
Match: Simona Halep Vs Sloane Stephens
Result: Simona Halep won 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Highlights:
- After the warm-up, in the first set Sloane took the lead and was leading 4-0 but the World No.1 Simona recovered after a while.
- However, it didn’t matter as Sloane managed to seal the victory in the first set by 6-3, on a good forehand shot.
French Open 2018 Men Semi-Finals: Day 13 – Highlights
Simona Halep has done it! The Romanian just won her first Grand Slam title after a remarkable 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Sloane Stephens in the #FrenchOpen final. The world No. 1 showed incredible resilience, as things could have gotten out of hand after she dropped the first. #RG18 pic.twitter.com/aRgOClz7fU
— TENNIS.com (@Tennis) June 9, 2018
- In the second set, Stephens again took the lead but Simona not only recovered the points in a very short time, but she also took the lead by 4-2.
- Sloane Stephens struggled hard and equalized the score 4-4 but she made unforced errors which costed her the last two points. At last, Simona won the second set by 6-4.
- Now it was all down to the third set for both the players. Nobody knew who would win as both the stars looked confident while playing.
- Simona scored the opening points of the third set after some good backhand and forehand shots and took a major lead of 5-0.
- Stephens managed to recover only a point in the whole set as Simona Halep sealed her win by 6-1.
- Simona won the final and eventually her first Grand Slam title.
.@Simona_Halep celebrates her first Grand Slam win with her coach Darren Cahill, the man most credited for changing her attitude exponentially—WATCH: https://t.co/Udb6Af326G pic.twitter.com/p6x0PIBC8U
— TENNIS.com (@Tennis) June 9, 2018
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