June 20, 2013

French Open: Sharapova crowned queen of Roland Garros

Sharapova of Russia holds the trophy as she poses during the ceremony after defeating Errani of Italy during their women's singles final match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris

(Reuters) – Maria Sharapova kept her poise to outwit and outpower diminutive Italian Sara Errani and win her first French Open crown with a 6-3 6-2 victory on Saturday. Despite the one-sided scoreline, Italian Errani troubled Sharapova with some cute volleys, sliced forehands, daring dropshots but found the Russian to be an insurmountable obstacle. With [...]