2014 French Open Records Best Career Titles
Looking at the passed event of the week into one that got off on a fine start, Having ended the week on a glorious ground, with the finals of big events around the World, especially the French Open Singles Finals, we got off to a fine start, we profile the big meets and achievements of this week.
First on the final in the Men's and the Women's. It was an epic final for both categories as the heroes of the day maintained superiority over their opponents on Saturday and Sunday.
who is number one in the ATP rankings defeated Serbian and world number two again in the final of a Grand Slam tournament on clay surface. Although the Spaniard had already been beaten four times this year by the Serbian, the power swinging Spaniard ensured that Djokovic did not take the head over again with a straight fifth win in one year. If Nadal would have Djokovic beat him a fifth time, it surely would not have happened at the Philippe Chartrier court which has now become home for The Spanish Maestro.
Nadad who was appearing in his fifth straight French Open Final; with an additional four times before to make it nine times with nine triumphs. Gradually Rafael Nadal is becoming a tennis legend and that so, as he has never lost in the final of the French Open all through the nine times he has played in the final.
The Final on Sunday was quite a startling one as Nadal struggled from the first set, loosing by 3-6 at the end of the first round of play. However, the Spanish matador as he is fondly called in the World of tennis came back into the game with a shocking 7-5 6-2 6-4 victory to lift the Men Singles Final Cup.
Following Nadal's ascension to glory and fame in the French Open, he made a weeping baby of the former number one Roger Federer, who still holds the record for the highest Grand Slam trophies any male has ever won. Sunday's final was his second against the Serbian in the French Open Final and he successfully crowned himself champion of the two meets.
Women:
Simona Halep's defeat to the former World number 7 Sharapova wasn't going to be a surprise to every one who watched the final, the shocking thing would have been the 22 year-old Romanian triumphing in Saturday's final against a she had already handed the victory on the day of the Semi Finals.
''I don’t know how is it to play a final of a Grand Slams,” young Simona told the press after her semi final victory over Germany's Andrea Petkovic.
The match began with an ecstatic crowd expectant of a blistering performance from the two contenders who are not strangers on clay or against one another at all.
Sharapova and Simona had met in the Final of the Madrid Masters earlier in the year with the Russian triumphing over the young Romanian.
Even though Sharapova won to the distaste of some fans and to the joy of others, it was a moment of history in the Women Grand Slam event.
Halep is the first Romanian woman to play in the final of the French Open or any major Grand Slam in 36 years after Virginia Ruzici won the final in 1978.
Sharapova on her part set record as the as the second woman who would appear in three consecutive finals after Justine Henin did it in three rows from 2005 to 2007.
Sharapova gladly lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup to the cheers of the fans and the tennis world, ending her run for a second French Open title on a glittering platform.