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...

SENEGAL SUSPENDS EXTRADITION DEAL WITH FRANCE. (PHOTO).


 Senegal suspends extradition deal with France


Senegal has "decided to suspend" all extraditions to France, Dakar's justice minister said, accusing Paris of refusing to hand over two Senegalese citizens to the West African country.


The row comes after the French courts postponed a decision last month on whether to return a Senegalese press baron, and as Dakar seeks the extradition of a businessman under investigation for financial irregularities.


"We have two Senegalese nationals in France. France, up to now, has not returned them to Senegal, which has provided all the justifications and continues to request their extradition," Justice Minister Yassine Fall told parliament on Thursday, without specifying who the two people were.


As a result of France's non-cooperation, Senegal will refuse to extradite 12 people wanted by France "until France responds favourably to what we have requested", Fall said, AFP reported.


"If these people are guilty of crimes, we arrest them. We do not do as France does. We do not let them remain free," the minister added.


A French appeals court in late November asked Dakar for details on the country's request to extradite media magnate Madiambal Diagne, who fled to France in late September and is subject to a Senegalese arrest warrant over alleged financial irregularities.


Two journalists were arrested in Senegal in October after conducting separate interviews with Diagne, sparking an outcry among press groups and the political class, which called the detentions a serious attack on freedom of speech. Both were freed within the week.

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