Garbine Muguruza defeated Serena Williams to claim her maiden grand slam title with a 7-5 6-4 win over the world number one and defending champion in the French Open final. The 22-year-old fourth seed, who lost to Williams in last year’s Wimbledon final, became the first Spaniard to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup since Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1998.

It was Muguruza’s first final on the slow surface and she relied on a powerful first serve and jaw-dropping winners down the line to subdue the American in a battle of will. Williams, who was gunning for a professional era record 22nd major title, got off to a solid start, winning her first service game to love and putting pressure on her opponent’s serve.

Paes-Hingis complete mixed doubles career slam

Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes completed a ‘Career Slam’ in mixed doubles with Swiss partner Martina Hingis with a hard-fought win over compatriot Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig at Roland Garros. The unseeded Indo-Swiss pair eked out a 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 win over the second seeds in the summit clash that lasted one hour and 28 minutes. 42-year-old Paes had won Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open titles in 2015 with Hingis.

It was 18th Grand Slam title for Paes and 10th in the mixed doubles. For 35-year-old Hingis, it was Grand Slam title number 22nd and fifth trophy in the mixed doubles.

About Garbine Muguruza

• Garbine Muguruza is a Venezuelan-born Spanish professional tennis player.
• As of 6 June 2016, she is ranked world no. 2 in singles and no. 29 in doubles by the WTA.
• Her career highlights include her maiden title at the 2014 Moorilla Hobart International, the 2015 China Open, and reaching the finals of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.
• Muguruza achieved her career-high singles ranking of world no. 2 and doubles ranking of world no. 10 in June 2016 and February 2015 respectively.