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...
The EFCC,Ibrahim Magu,has stated that Nigerians will no longer be held hostage by the twin evils of corruption and impunity.He assured that the Commission under his watch would challenge anyone,including certain senior lawyers,judges and other judicial officers,against whom concrete evidence for perverting the course of justice had been established.He stated this while presenting a paper titled ''This is Our Chance;; at the Symposiun organized by members of the National Association of Democratic Lawyers,NADL,in Lagos.One more photo below.
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