PARIS — Jelena Ostapenko became the first unseeded women’s finalist at the French Open in more than 30 years by beating Timea Bacsinszky on Thursday. The last unseeded player to reach the final at Roland Garros was Mima Jausovec, who lost to seven-time French Open champion Chris Evert in 1983. Ostapenko won 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3, sealing the win on her second match point with a forehand winner to break Bacsinszky’s serve for the fourth time in the set. Marion Bartoli led the Court Philippe Chatrier crowd in singing “Happy Birthday,” in French, to Ostapenko moments after her victory. Both players struggled on their serve in the final set, which had six of the 16 breaks in the match.

Source: National Post June 08, 2017 16:52 UTC