MIRRA ANDREEVA WINS FRENCH OPEN AT 19, BECOMES YOUNGEST WOMEN’S CHAMPION SINCE MONICA SELES . (PHOTO).

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 Mirra Andreeva wins French Open at 19, becomes youngest women’s champion since Monica Seles   Russian tennis star Mirra Andreeva completed a breakout run at the French Open on Saturday, defeating Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 to capture her first Grand Slam title at age 19. Andreeva, who was already regarded as a prodigy after emerging on the WTA Tour as a teenager, became the youngest women’s singles champion since Monica Seles, who was 18 when she won her third straight French Open in 1992. Ranked eighth in the world, she controlled the final in Paris, taking command after dropping just a few early games. The match shifted decisively when Andreeva won nine consecutive games to seize control, eventually closing out the victory with a backhand winner on match point before falling to her knees in celebration on the clay. She finished with 25 winners compared to Chwalinska’s 10 and committed fewer unforced errors in a match played under windy conditions at Cour...

GOLD MEDALIST,MO FARAH,COLLAPSED AT THE END OF A MARATHON RACE IN NEW YORK.

Mo Farah was strong enough to pass and hold off third-placed Stephen Sambu from Kenya in a sprint to finish behind winner Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya in 61mins 8secs               The father of three who won two gold at the 2012 London games,fell around the sixth mile mark today at New York,but carried on and finished second.At the finish line he temporally lost consciousness in the chiley conditions and had to be helped into a wheelchair.He was rushed to the hospital at the end of the New York half Marathon.Farah Mo said ''I feel pretty hard.I told myself,i don't rush but when i saw the gap,the gap was big.The condition here today were very cold.Condition won't be as cold as this''.Farah is due to return to Kenya on Tuesday for two more weeks of training under the tutelage of his coach,Alberto Salazar,before coming back to Britain ahead of his marathon debut.His friend Usain Bolt also reached out to him on twitter.More pictures below.                                                                                                               Medical staff rushed to help Mo Farah after he collapsed at the finish line after finishing in second place at the 2014 New York City Half Marathon in lower ManhattanAfter collapsing at the finish line, Mo Farah is tended to by his wife Tania, top centre, and others during the 2014 NYC Half marathonMo Farah of Great Britain collapses at the finish line after finishing in second place as first place finisher Geoffrey Mutai, (left) and third place finisher Stephen Sambu (centre), both from Kenya, look on

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