Russian Maria Sharapova wins Roland Garros
She has won the French Open for the second time in 3 years.
Sharapova (world No. 8) defeated Romanian Simona Halep (world No. 4) in the final match — 6:4, 6:7 (5:7), 6:4.
Maria Sharapova defeated Italian Sara Errani in 2012 and lost to American Serena Williams in Roland Garros final last year. The Russian player has already reached the French Open final 9 times.
Maria Sharapova lost the Grand Slam tournaments 5 times.
Belarusian Victoria Azarenka did not participate in the French tournament – she has been recovering from a foot trauma for several months.
