A set and three games down, Jelena Ostapenko looked like she would lose in her first grand slam final. The 20-year-old Ostapenko is the first unseeded woman to lift the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen since Britain’s Margaret Scriven in 1933. Halep led by a set and 3-0 in the second and was cruising towards her first grand slam title when her opponent began the fightback. Ostapenko, who hit a staggering 54 winners compared with Halep’s eight, managed to clinch the second set 6-4 and carried that momentum into the decider, overwhelming her opponent to win 6-3. Ostapenko, ranked 47 in the world, was the first woman since American Jennifer Capriati in 2001 to win the singles title at Roland Garros after losing the first set in the final.

Source: Daily News Egypt June 11, 2017 01:30 UTC