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MAJOR SLUMP

Romania's Simona Halep pos-
es with the cup at the Roland
Garros stadium, Sunday, June
10, 2018 in Paris. Halep won
Saturday the French Open
tennis tournament women's
final.
Associated Press

Already No. 1,

French Open
champ Halep

knew she

needed Slam

By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
PARIS (AP) — It was the end
of a long and rewarding
day, one she'll likely never
forget, and new French
Open champion Simona
Halep harbored a couple
of overriding concerns.
"I'm tired," she said. "I'm
hungry. I didn't eat since 9
a.m."
It was getting close to 12
hours since that last meal,
and Halep was speaking
to two reporters in what
she hoped was her last
media session Saturday
night after beating Sloane
Stephens 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 for Is the real Tiger finally back?
her first Grand Slam title.
Halep had pined for such a
championship to go along
with her No. 1 ranking,
and she finally had come
through after starting her
career 0-3 in major finals.
“I think it was the most im-
portant thing, because
always I said that if you In this June 15, 2008, file photo, Tiger Woods celebrates with his caddie, Steve Williams, after sinking a birdie putt on the 18th green,
are No. 1 without a Grand forcing a playoff against Rocco Mediate, during the fourth round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines in San Diego.
Slam, you are not a real Woods won the tournament, his most recent win in a major.
No. 1,” Halep said. Associated Press
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