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Tennis-List Of French Open Women apos;s Singles Champions

2020-10-18T20:32:50Z

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Sept 25 (Reuters) - List of French Open women's singles champions: 2019 Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) 6-1 6-3 2018 Simona Halep (Romania) beat Sloane Stephens (U.S.) 3-6 6-4 6-1 2017 Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) beat Halep 4-6 6-4 6-3 2016 Garbine Muguruza (Spain) beat Serena Williams (U.S.) 7-5 6-4 2015 Serena Williams beat Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-7 6-2 2014 Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat Halep 6-4 6-7 6-4 2013 Serena Williams beat Sharapova 6-4 6-4 2012 Sharapova beat Sara Errani (Italy) 6-3 6-2 2011 Li Na (China) beat Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-4 7-6 2010 Schiavone beat Samantha Stosur (Australia) 6-4 7-6(2) 2009 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Dinara Safina (Russia) 6-4 6-2 2008 Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Safina 6-4 6-3 2007 Justine Henin (Belgium) beat Ivanovic 6-1 6-2 2006 Henin beat Kuznetsova 6-4 6-4 2005 Henin beat Mary Pierce (France) 6-1 6-1 2004 Anastasia Myskina (Russia) beat Elena Dementieva (Russia) 6-1 6-2 2003 Henin beat Kim Clijsters (Belgium) 6-0 6-4 2002 Serena Williams beat Venus Williams (U.S.) 7-5 6-3 2001 Jennifer Capriati (U.S.) beat Clijsters 1-6 6-4 12-10 2000 Pierce beat Conchita Martinez (Spain) 6-2 7-5 1999 [http://www.thefashionablehousewife.com/?s=Steffi%20Graf Steffi Graf] (Germany) beat Martina Hingis (Switzerland)4-6 7-5 6-2 1998 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain) beat Monica Seles (U.S.) 7-6 0-6 6-2 1997 Iva Majoli (Croatia) beat Hingis 6-4 6-2 1996 Graf beat Sanchez-Vicario 6-3 6-7 10-8 1995 Graf beat Sanchez-Vicario 7-5 4-6 6-0 1994 Sanchez-Vicario beat Pierce 6-4 6-4 1993 Graf beat Mary-Joe Fernandez (U.S.) 4-6 6-2 6-4 1992 Seles beat Graf 6-2 3-6 10-8 1991 Seles beat Sanchez-Vicario 6-3 6-4 1990 Seles beat Graf 7-6 6-4 1989 Sanchez-Vicario beat Graf 7-6 3-6 7-5 1988 Graf beat Natasha Zvereva (Soviet Union) 6-0 6-0 1987 Graf beat Martina Navratilova (U.S.) 6-4 4-6 8-6 1986 Chris Evert-Lloyd (U.S.) beat Navratilova 2-6 6-3 6-3 1985 Evert-Lloyd beat Navratilova 6-3 6-7 7-5 1984 Navratilova beat Evert-Lloyd 6-3 6-1 1983 Evert-Lloyd beat Mima Jausovec (Yugoslavia) 6-1 6-2 1982 Navratilova beat Andrea Jaeger (U.S.) 7-6 6-1 1981 Hana Mandlikova (Czechoslovakia) beat Sylvia Hanika (Germany) 6-2 6-4 1980 Evert-Lloyd beat Virginia Ruzici (Romania) 6-0 6-3 1979 Evert-Lloyd beat Wendy Turnbull (Australia) 6-2 6-0 1978 Virginia Ruzici (Romania) beat Jausovec 6-2 6-2 1977 Jausovec beat Florenta Mihai (Romania) 6-2 6-7 6-1 1976 Sue Barker (Britain) beat Renata Tomanova (Czechoslovakia) 6-2 0-6 6-2 1975 Evert-Lloyd beat Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia) 2-6 6-2 6-1 1974 Evert-Lloyd beat Olga Morozova (Soviet Union) 6-1 6-2 1973 Margaret Court (Australia) beat Evert-Lloyd 6-7 7-6 6-4 1972 Billie-Jean King (U.S.) beat Evonne Goolagong (Australia) 6-3 6-3 1971 Goolagong beat Helen Gourlay (Australia) 6-3 7-5 1970 Court beat Helga Niessen (Germany) 6-2 6-4 1969 Court beat Ann Jones (Britain) 6-1 4-6 6-3 1968 Nancy Richey (U.S.) beat Jones 5-7 6-4 6-1* 1967 Francoise Durr (France) beat Lesley Turner (Australia) 4-6 6-3 6-4 1966 Jones beat Richey 6-3 6-1 1965 Turner beat Court 6-3 6-4 1964 Court beat Maria Bueno (Brazil) 5-7 6-1 6-2 1963 Turner beat Jones 2-6 6-3 7-5 1962 Court beat Turner 6-3 3-6 7-5 1961 Anne Haydon (Britain) beat Yola Ramirez (Mexico) 6-2 6-1 1960 Darlene Hard (U.S.) beat Ramirez 6-3 6-4 1959 Christine Truman (Britain) beat Zsuzsi Kormoczi (Hungary) 6-4 7-5 1958 Kormoczy beat Shirley Bloomer (Britain) 6-4 1-6 6-2 1957 Bloomer beat Dorothy Knode (U.S.) 6-1 6-3 1956 Althea Gibson (U.S.) beat Angela Mortimer (Britain) 6-0 12-10 1955 Mortimer beat Knode 2-6 7-5 10-8 1954 Maureen Connolly (U.S.) beat Ginette Bucaille (France) 6-4 6-1 1953 Connolly beat Doris Hart (U.S.) 6-2 6-4 1952 Hart beat Shirley Fry (U.S.) 6-4 6-4 1951 Fry beat Hart 6-3 3-6 6-3 1950 Hart beat Patricia Todd (U.S.) 6-4 4-6 6-2 1949 Margaret Osborne du Pont (U.S.) beat Landry 7-5 6-2 1948 Landry beat Fry 6-2 0-6 6-0 1947 Todd beat Hart 6-3 3-6 6-4 1946 Du Pont beat Pauline Betz (U.S.) 1-6 8-6 7-5 1940-45 No competition 1939 Simone Matthieu (France) beat Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (Poland) 6-3 8-6 1938 Mathieu beat Landry 6-0 6-3 1937 Hilde Sperling (Denmark) beat Mathieu 6-2 6-4 1936 Sperling beat Mathieu 6-3 6-4 1935 Sperling beat Mathieu 6-2 6-1 1934 Margaret Scriven (Britain) beat Helen Jacobs (U.S.) 7-5 4-6 6-1 1933 Scriven beat Mathieu 6-2 4-6 6-4 1932 Helen Moody (U.S.) beat Mathieu 7-5 6-1 1931 Cilly Aussem (Germany) beat Betty Nuthall (Britain) 8-6 6-1 1930 Moody beat Jacobs 6-2 6-1 1929 Moody beat Mathieu 6-3 6-4 1928 Moody beat Eileen Bennett (Britain) 6-1 6-2 1927 Kornelia Bouman (Netherlands) beat Irene Peacock (Britain) 6-2 6-4 1926 Suzanne Lenglen (France) beat Mary Browne (U.S.) 6-1 6-0 1925 Lenglen beat Kathleen McKane (Britain)6-1 6-2** 1924 Dida Vlasto beat Jeanne Vaussard 6-2 6-3 1923 Lenglen beat Germaine Golding 6-1 6-4 1922 Lenglen beat Golding 6-4 6-0 1921 Lenglen beat Golding (walkover) 1920 Lenglen beat Marguerite Broquedis 6-1 7-5 1915-1919 No competition 1914 Marguerite Broquedis beat Lenglen 5-7 6-4 6-3 1913 Broquedis beat Jeanne Matthey 6-3 6-3 1912 Matthey beat Marie Danet 6-2 7-5 1911 Matthey beat Broquedis 6-2 7-5 1910 Matthey beat Germaine Regnier 1-6 6-1 9-7 1909 Matthey beat Abeille Villard Gallay 10-8 6-4 1908 Kate Gillou-Fenwick beat A. Pean 6-2 6-2 1907 Comtesse de Kermel beat Catherine d'Aliney d'Elva (score not available) 1906 Kate Gillou-Fenwick beat Virginia MacVeagh (score not available) 1905 Gillou beat Yvonne de Pfeffel 6-0 11-9 1904 Gillou beat Adine Masson (score not available) 1903 Masson beat Gillou 6-0 6-8 6-0 1902 Masson beat P. Girod 6-0 6-1 1901 P. Girod beat Leroux 6-1 6-1 1900 Yvonne Prevost wins uncontested 1899 Masson wins uncontested 1898 Masson wins uncontested 1897 Masson beat P. 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Kosovo Veterans Say They apos;ve Been Sent War Crime Files Again

2020-10-17T00:54:11Z

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PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) - Kosovo war veterans said Tuesday an unknown person has again handed them war crime files from a special international court in The Hague, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] Netherlands, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] probing alleged crimes during and after the Balkan nation´s 1998-1999 war. But a court spokesman warned that the veterans appeared to be trying to undermine the proper administration of justice. Hysni Gucati, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] head of the association of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) fighters, said an unidentified man delivered the files - copies of the originals - to their office Tuesday morning in Kosovo´s capital, Pristina. It was the third such incident in two months. Nasim Haradinaj, another association official, said the names of President Hashim Thaci and other former top KLA leaders were mentioned in a draft document on charges against them. "It would be good that the local prosecutor´s office and the international ones probe and find who is bringing them and from where," said Gucati. The Kosovo Specialist Chambers is mandated to look into allegations that KLA members committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. Christopher Bennett, spokesman of the Specialist Prosecutor´s Office at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, condemned the statements by the war veterans' group which he said "has on a number of occasions engaged in activities which I believe are aimed at undermining the proper administration of justice." A copy of the documents was offered to journalists by the group. Bennett also commended journalists for not publishing the files, saying that would amount to a criminal act. "The SPO is committed to vigorously investigating and prosecuting individuals who commit any such crimes, including the disclosure of the identity of individuals who may be called before the court or any information that could lead to their identification." Thaci, former parliamentary speaker Kadri Veseli, and others have been charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder, enforced disappearances, persecution and torture. Both men have denied committing any crimes. A pretrial judge hasn´t made a decision on whether to proceed with their case. A statement from the embassies of France, Germany, Italy, the U.K. and the United States last week urged people not to discredit the court´s mission. In a separate development, six new international judges were nominated to the court, which already has 17 judges. The court has not started any trials so far since the start of its operation five years ago. The 1998-1999 war for Kosovo´s independence from Serbia left more than 10,000 [http://www.express.co.uk/search/people%20dead/ people dead] - most of them ethnic Albanians from Kosovo. More than 1,600 people remain unaccounted for. The fighting ended after a 78-day NATO air campaign against Serbian troops. Kosovo, which is dominated by ethnic Albanians, declared independence from Serbia in 2008, a move recognized by many Western nations but not Serbia or its allies Russia and China. ___ Semini reported from Tirana, Albania.

Vladimir Putin Has Been Nominated For The Nobel Peace Prize

2020-10-16T23:24:39Z

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Belgrade - City Of Serbia

2020-10-16T19:57:19Z

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French Open Order Of Play On Tuesday

2020-10-16T16:09:00Z

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Basketball Fans Are Getting Something New At The 2020 Summer Olympics

2020-10-16T09:18:01Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> US Women's National Basketball Team players strike a pose after receiving their gold medals in Rio de Janeiro. Tim Clayton/Corbis/Getty Images Basketball may have come from humble beginnings -- legend has it the first match in 1891 used [ peach baskets for goals] -- but it's come a long way and continues to evolve. Case in point: At next year's [/news/2020-summer-olympic-games-everything-you-need-to-know-about-tokyo-2020/ 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo], there will be two changes to the men's and women's typical Olympic basketball programming. First, instead of dividing the 12 participating teams up into two groups of six, as has been done in the past, they'll be divided into three groups of four and compete in a round-robin format with only the top two teams from each group advancing. 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The final result is a knockout-style bracket format, in which teams must win to move on. In the end, in order to earn a gold medal, a team will have had to play six games, instead of eight as in past Olympic tournaments. Men's Olympic qualification As host country, Japan is given automatic entry. The remaining 11 teams will have to qualify at select tournaments, starting with the International Basketball Federation (more commonly known by the French acronym FIBA) [ World Cup], which runs Aug. 31-Sept. 15. At this tournament, the top two teams from the Americas, the top two teams from Europe, and the top teams from Africa, Asia and Oceania will qualify for Tokyo. The 16 next-best teams, plus two selected teams per region, will then be invited to play in one of four FIBA qualifying tournaments in 2020. The winning team from each of those tournaments will qualify for Tokyo. The US men's national team -- which has featured NBA standouts like Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Kevin Durant -- have won 15 of the 18 Olympic Games in which they've participated, including handily beating Serbia 96-66 at Rio in 2016. But you'll definitely want to [ keep an eye on Serbia, Spain and Australia] leading up to Tokyo. Women's Olympic qualification Marta Xargay of Spain goes to the basket against Brittney Griner of the US during the Women's Gold Medal Game at Rio 2016. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Two of the 12 available Olympic spots have already been filled. As the host nation, Japan was given an automatic berth. The US has also already qualified by winning the 2018 FIBA World Cup. Competition for the remaining 10 spots kicks off this November with the first round of qualifying tournaments. The top 16 teams from these tournaments will advance to play in four mini tournaments in February 2020. The top two teams from each of those tournaments will qualify for Tokyo. The US women -- led by WNBA starts Sue Bird, Brittney Griner and Breanna Stewart -- are heavy favorites heading into the Tokyo Games, having won the last six Olympic gold medals and the past two world championships (now called the World Cup). But European contenders like Spain, Serbia and France, as well as Australia -- which medaled in five of the last six Olympic Games -- will be looking to pull off an upset. Three-on-three basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics For years, three-on-three basketball has been a popular format worldwide, but 2020 will be the first time it makes an appearance at the Olympics. The rules are similar to the standard five-on-five game, with a few notable differences. First, teams are composed of four players: three on-court athletes and one substitute. Second, they play on half a court using only one basket. Shots made from behind the typical three-point line are worth only two points; all other shots are worth one. The first team to 21 points or the team with the most points at the end of 10 minutes of play wins. Fewer players on a smaller court playing for less time means the players have to be extremely versatile, able to guard and score against a variety of different types and sizes of players. The result is an intense, fast-paced and exciting game. Competition format For the men's and women's three-on-three tournament, eight teams are placed into a single pool and play all the other teams over the course of four days. The top two teams advance straight to the semifinals. Teams that finish third through sixth go on to the quarterfinals. The Triplets take on the 3 Headed Monsters during BIG3 in Milwaukee. Dylan Buell/Getty Images Two knockout games are played in the quarterfinals. The two winning teams will meet the top two teams from the pool play in the semifinals. After two semifinal matches, the winning teams will play each other for the gold medal. Losing teams will face off for the bronze. Olympic qualification As host country, Japan is only given one automatic spot -- total, not per gender. Four additional teams (per gender) will earn a berth through their [ world ranking] on Nov. 1, which takes into consideration performance as well as how often they play in FIBA-approved tournaments. Three more teams (per gender) will qualify for Tokyo through the 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (date and location TBD). And the last remaining team will be selected at a 2020 FIBA Universality-driven Olympic Qualifying Tournament (date and location TBD). The US men's and women's squads will take a slightly different path to qualification, however. Because three-on-three tournaments tend to be held at times and in locations that make it hard for top US players to attend, USA Basketball has teamed up with RedBull to launch a series of qualifying tournaments in 23 cities across the country. 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