Maria Sharapova wins French Open Title

Maria Sharapova completed the career Grand Slam on Saturday, handily defeating Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 to win her first French Open and join a prestigious list of women to win all four majors.
It has been four long years since Russian tennis star, Maria Sharapova, last stood at center court holding a Grand Slam championship trophy in her hands.

The 25-year-old Russian capitalized on her power advantage and took control of the match early, breaking Errani in her first service game and four times after to win in an efficient 89 minutes. Sharapova won a whopping 70 percent of points on the Italian's second serve and more than half of all return points.

When Errani netted a ball on the third match point, Sharapova fell to her knees, raised her arms to the sky and jumped up and down in the middle of the court. The win was her first in a Slam since a shoulder injury sidelined her for 10 months in 2009.

Today…that drought ended. “It’s a wonderful moment in my career,” the 25-year-old Sharapova told the crowd, speaking in French. The French Open was the last piece of the Grand Slam puzzle for Sharapova. “I’m really speechless. It’s been such a journey for me to get to this stage.”

This win, her 27th career title and caputring the last of the Grand Slams puts her in elite tennis company, with Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams and Billie Jean King.

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