French Open is a tennis tournament
played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 114th edition of the
French Open and second grand slam event of the year. It consisted of events for
professional players in singles, doubles, mixed doubles, juniors and wheelchair
players. Rafael Nadal was the nine time defending champion in Men’s singles and
Maria Sharapova in the Women Singles.
Stan Wawrinka won his first French
Open title defeating Number one Novak Djokovic in the final by 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, and
6-4. Serena Williams won her 3rd French Open title and 20th
Grand Slam Singles title beating Safarova in the final. She defeated Safarova
by 6-3, 6-7(2/7), and 6-2. This was Wawrinka second major winning title after
Australian Open 2014. He also ended Novak 28 match winning streak.
Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo won the
Men’s doubles title defeating Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in the final. In Women
Doubles Bethanie and Safarova defeated Casey and Shvedova in the final. Mixed
Double is won by Bethanie and Mike Bryan. Stan Wawrinka defeated Roger Federer
in the quarterfinals and Jw.Tsonga in the Semi-Finals to reach finals of French
Open. On the other end, Novak defeated Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals and
Andy Murray in Semi-Finals.
In Women Singles, Serena defeated
S.Errani in quarterfinals and T. Bacsinszky in Semi-Finals to reach final.
Lucie Safarova defeated G. Muguruza in quarterfinals and A. Ivanovic in
Semi-Finals to reach final of the tournament. The next tennis major tournament Wimbledon
will start from 29 June 2015 and last till 12 July 2015. With stunning
performances in Men’s section, competition is tougher for other players to win
their title. Last year Novak Djokovic won Men’s singles and Petra Kvitova won
Women singles title.
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