Eighth-seeded Ashleigh Barty took control right at the start of the French Open final and never really let go, beating unseeded 19-year-old Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-3
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Eighth-seeded Ashleigh Barty took control right at the start of the French Open final and never really let go, beating unseeded 19-year-old Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-3. AFP
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Barty wound up with a 27-10 edge in winners against a far shakier Marketa Vondrousova and became the first Australian to win the trophy at Roland Garros since Margaret Court in 1973. AFP
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After the US Open five years ago, Barty walked away from professional tennis. But her time in cricket gave her a chance to reconsider how she wanted to approach her other sport, and she returned to the WTA in 2016. AP
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Novak Djokovic’s 26-match Grand Slam winning streak ended in the French Open semi-finals because he made some odd strategic choices, because the wild weather bothered him, because the chair umpire got under his skin. AP
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Mostly, though, because Dominic Thiem managed to outperform Djokovic at his own brand of defense-to-offense, speed-and-power baseline game. AP

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