The Women Tennis world number one, American Serena Williams, has defeated world number 13, Lucie Safarova, from the Czek Republic, to win her fifth French Open and her 20th Grand Slam title. Suring this French Open, she has faced multiple challenge, including an illness since Thursday, and mounted comeback after comeback. By winning, she cimented her record over both Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert in the number of major singles titles.
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Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova and wins Her 19th Grand Slam title.
The Women Tennis world number one, American Serena Williams, has defeated world number two, Russian Maria Sharapova, to win her fifth Australian Open and her 19th Grand Slam title. By winning, she has surpassed both Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert in the number of major singles titles.
US Teenager Simone Biles Helps US Woman Gymnastics Retain Gold
Nanning - China. US AfroAmerican teenager Simone Biles has retained her all-around World Woman Gymnastics title and helped the US Women Gymnastics team win its second straight gold. She dominated the floor exercise and beat the Chinese champion, Bai Yawen, by 0.067 points on the beam.
Kenyan Dennis Kimetto Wins Marathon's World Record
Dennis Kimetto from Kenya has won World marathon record in Berlin. The 30 year old Kenyan is the first to run the marathon under 2h and 3 minutes. He overrun another Kenyan Emmanuel Mutai. Early this year, another Kenyan Wilson Kipsang had set the World record at 2h 3 minutes and 23 seonds.