TENNIS-OPEN/WILLIAMS-TROPHY French Open winner Serena Williams poses with trophy in Paris

Record ID: 150273

  • Title: TENNIS-OPEN/WILLIAMS-TROPHY French Open winner Serena Williams poses with trophy in Paris
  • Date: 6th June 2015
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JUNE 6, 2015) (REUTERS) EIFFEL TOWER GIANT TENNIS BALL HANGING FROM EIFFEL TOWER VARIOUS OF WORLD NUMBER ONE TENNIS PLAYER, SERENA WILLIAMS ARRIVING WILLIAMS POSING WITH TROPHY PEOPLE TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS VARIOUS OF WILLIAMS POSING WITH TROPHY, EIFFEL TOWER IN THE BACKGROUND PHOTOGRAPHERS / WILLIAMS POSING VARIOUS OF WILLIAMS LEAVING EIFFEL TOWER
  • Embargoed: 21st June 2015 13:00
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  • Location: France
  • Country: France
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA7JSRZJEHWFASLUB03QQPL9ADJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: World number one Serena Williams posed with her French Open trophy on Saturday (June 6) hours after she won her 20th grand slam singles trophy, beating Czech Lucie Safarova 6-3 6-7(2) 6-2.
    Williams proudly posed for photographers and fans, with the Parisian landmark the Eiffel Tower as a background.
    The American, who skipped practice on Friday (June 5) because of a bout of flu, opened up a 6-3 4-1 lead but suddenly slumped as the 13th-seeded Safarova stormed back into contention, even moving 2-0 up in the decider.
    But Williams regained her composure and won the last six games to win the claycourt major for the third time after her 2002 and 2013 titles.
    She is now third on the list of all-time major champions behind Australian Margaret Court (24) and German Steffi Graf (22).
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