Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic celebrates after defeating Ana Ivanovic of Serbia during their semi-final match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. PHOTO: REUTERS.
Lucie Safarova reached her first Grand Slam final at the age of 28 on Thursday when she defeated former winner Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 7-5 in a mistake-ridden French Open semi-final.
Safarova is the first Czech woman to reach the French Open final since Hana Mandlikova won the title in Paris in 1981. Prior to this year, her best showing had been a run into the last 16 in 2007 and 2014.
“It’s a dream come true. I still cannot believe it,” she said after converting her third match point. I started too slowly, but I tried to pick up my level and started to play really aggressively because that was the only way to get the win.”
Published in The Express Tribune, June 5th, 2015.
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