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...

VERY SOON,NIGERIAN ARMY WILL RELEASE MORE BOKO HARAM DETAINEES.

                      Today thursday,the acting Director of Army Public Relations,Col.Sani Usman,confirmed the news of the release through a telephone conversation to pressmen,and he said the screening of the detained suspects conducted jointly by intelligence officers from the Army and other sister agencies,would be continuous and carried out simultaneously with the offensive operation.''I can tell you that more persons will be released,but contrary to views in some quarters,the release of detained suspects is not the exclusive prerogative of the Aemy alone.So it is not for anyone to begun to insinuate that the Army alone determines who is to regain freedom or not.What happens is that as the intelligence officers identify innocent persons,they hand them over to the affected state governments for rehabilitation and reintegration''.He further said that the Army in collaboration with other security agencies would continue to follow the rules of engagement in the operation aimed at liberating areas held by the insurgents.On the ongoing offensive against the insurgents,Usman said troops were consolidating on the recent gains as areas around Sambisa were being closed down by troops.The frontline commanders and troops were working toward actualising the timeline set by President Muhammadu Buhari,stressing that it was feasible.

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