Novak Djokovic wins 2016 French Open beating Andy Murray in 4 sets

Novak Djokovic won the 2016 French Open by beating Andy Murray 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 in Paris. Murray, the world number two was trying to become the first British man to win the tournament since Fred Perry 81 years ago. However, in spite of a strong start, the Scotsman was unable to cope with the Serbian's top class form.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 5 June 2016.

By virtue of his maiden French title, Novak Djokovic (29) has joined the rank of tennis greats and is now only the third man after Don Budge and Rod Laver to hold all four grand slams at the same time - he has already taken the Wimbledon, US and Australian open titles. Andy Murray, also 29, suffered an eighth major final defeat in 10 appearances and, five of these have been at the hands of Djokovic.


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Garbine Muguruza beat Serena Williams in straight sets 7-5, 6-4 to win her maiden French Open grand slam title. In doing so, she defeated the world number one and defending champion Serena Williams in the 2016 French Open final.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 5 June 2016.

Garbine Muguruza, the 22-year-old fourth seed, had lost to Williams in last year’s Wimbledon final and has now become the first Spaniard to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup since Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1998. It was her first final on the slow surface of Court Philippe Chatrier and she relied on a powerful first serve and jaw-dropping winners down the line to subdue the American in a battle of will.
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