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...

A 65 YEAR OLD MAN DELE,WAS FOUND DEAD IN A WELL YESTERDAY IN KWARA STATE.

                Yesterday saturday,the body of a 65 year old man Mr Dele Ogundeyi,was recovered from a well on the Aperan way in Omu-Aran Kwara state.Dele Ogundeyi was a retired Secretary of Offa Local Government Area Liaison Office,before his death.Dele who hails from Ile-Nla compound in Omu-Aran went missing around 11 am on saturday,according to a relation Mr Abdulkareem,prompting a search party by family members.He said the search party later traced the late Mr Dele to a site along Aperan Way where his lifeless body was found inside the well around 4pm,that same day.The well was located infront of an uncompleted building and a farm land belonging to the deceased.The deceased body had since been removed from the well by family members and deposited at the Adeyemo hospital mortuary in the town.He said the family was still in shock over the death of the deceased whom he described as the bread winner of the family and a caring easy going man.

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