MIRRA ANDREEVA WINS FRENCH OPEN AT 19, BECOMES YOUNGEST WOMEN’S CHAMPION SINCE MONICA SELES . (PHOTO).
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...
A group of Ethiopean bloggers and journalists were detained for nearly three months,haven been charged for having links to an outlawed and planning attacks,says the Judge.The seven bloggers and three journalists were arrested in April ,prompting an outcry from rights groups who said the case was an assault on press freedom.They were accused of planning attacks in Ethiopia and working in collusion with the US based opposition Ginbot 7,labelled by Ethiopian authorities as a terrorist organisation.The Judge said ''They took training in how to make explosive and plan to train others''.The picture above belongs to one o the bloggers Eskinder Nega,his currently serving an 18 year sentence for having links with Ginbot 7,which calls for the violent overthrow of the rulling party.The trial for other bloggers resumes 4th of August.
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