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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...

SUSPECTED PIRATES KILL 4 NSCDC OPERATIVES IN RIVERS.(PHOTOS).


SUSPECTED PIRATES KILL 4 NSCDC OPERATIVES IN RIVERS


Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates operating along the Bakana River in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State have killed no fewer than four officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Whereas the details and circumstances of the encounter between the NSCDC operatives and the sea pirates are unclear as of the time of filing this report, recent reports by users of waterways in Rivers State indicated increased activities of attacks by deadly pirates.

It was gathered that the fully armed pirates frequently kidnapped passengers for ransom

They also hijacked goods, wares and boat engines from their owners on the waterways

Meanwhile, the identities of the four NSCDC officers killed by the gunmen have not been ascertained

But videos and photographs showing the dead civil defence corps officers inside a speed boat anchored by a riverside have reportedly been circulating in the state.

A source in the area said that two of the dead officers were Muslims. Hence, they have been buried according to Islamic rites

However, at the time of filing this report, the Rivers State Command of NSCDC and the Police Command in the state have not reacted to the incident, nor did their spokesperson answer calls made to them.
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