In the French Open Tennis, the top two seeds — Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova — will contest Saturday's Women's Singles final. In the second semi-final in Paris yesterday, top seed Williams bulldozed her way past Sara Errani of Italy 6-0, 6-1 in just 46 minutes. Earlier, in the first semi-final, defending champion Sharapova survived a second-set slump and a glut of double faults to ease past Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.It will be the first time since 1995, when Steffi Graf defeated top seed Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, that the two top seeds have contested the women's final at Roland Garros.It will be Williams' first French Open final since she won her only title in Paris in 2002, beating sister Venus in the final.In the Men's Singles semi-finals today, World Numer One Novak Djokovic meets seven-time champion Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer takes on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
News On AIR | June 7, 2013 8:43 AM
French Open: Serena to meet Sharapova in finals