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    French Open: Simona Halep wins her maiden Grand Slam

    French Open: Simona Halep wins her maiden Grand Slam

    By Rajdeep Saha
    Jun 09, 2018
    08:52 pm

    What's the story

    Simona Halep won her first French Open crown after defeating 2017 US Open winner Sloane Stephens. This was also her first Grand Slam.

    Halep came from a set down to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Saturday at the Roland Garros.

    With this win, Halep's wait to win a Slam finally ended.

    For Stephens, she lost the bearing after the first set.

    Here's more!

    Women's final

    Halep's poor Slam final outings come to an end

    This was 2nd Grand Slam final for Sloane. She had earlier pocketed the 2017 US Open.

    This was Halep's 2nd Slam final of 2018 and after losing the Australian Open, she has now come out on top in the French Open.

    It was her second final at Roland Garros and a fourth career final.

    Earlier, she had lost all three Slam finals.

    On top

    Halep creates the force after going down

    Stephens conquered the first set after going ahead 5-2, before Halep held on to her service.

    Stephens sealed the proceedings 6-3.

    In the 2nd set, the American put Halep on pressure after going 2-0 up.

    But the Romanian fought back and got four break points to make it 4-2.

    Stephens gained the momentum back and made it 4-4.

    But Halep held on to win.

    Information

    Halep continues with the momentum

    After sealing the 2nd set, Halep took the momentum in the third, as she went 3-0 ahead quickly. Stephens needed to show the fight, but Halep pulled out remarkable points from difficult situations and soared to a 6-1 win.

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