June 11, 2017 7:28 AM

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French Open: Harrison and Venus win men's doubles title

In the French Open tennis, the second grand slam of the season, New Zealander Michael Venus along with his American team mate American Ryan Harrison claimed first grand slam title in the men's doubles category. The duo defeated Mexican American pair of Santiago Gonzalez and Donald Young 7-6, 6-7, 6-3. After two fiercely-contested opening sets, Harrison and Venus broke decisively for 5-3 and held serve to prevail on Court. In the women's singles category, unseeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia won the title beating third seeded Simona Halep 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. With this win, Ostapenko became the youngest French Open winner since Iva Majoli in 1997. Today, nine-time champion Rafael Nadal will take on three time Champion Stanislas Wawrinka for the men's singles title. Spaniard Nadal has not conceded a set and dropped only 29 games in six rounds, while, his Swiss opponent was at his belligerent best against world number one Andy Murray in a semi-final classic. Meanwhile, Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from Wimbledon after failing to recover from a thigh injury.

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