Kindly publish article of my friend Elvidio. Thanks Stephen Dias
*JELENA’S FIRST* *TANGO IN PARIS* *Elvidio Miranda* Ballroom dancer, Jelena Ostapenko has scripted a new fairy tale chapter in the history of the French Open by becoming the first Latvian to ever win the title at the red clay of Roland Garros in Paris, in the process at 20, becoming the youngest woman to lift the crown since Iva Majoli in 1997, the year of birth of Jelena. She also became the first unseeded player to be crowned princess at the French Open since Gustavo Kuerten, who coincidentally won at Roland Garros also in 1997, on the day Jelena Ostapenko was born, 8th June, 1997. Ranked 47th in the world, Jelena is also the lowest ranked player to ever lift the French Open title. In Paris on Saturday, 10th June, 2017 she hit 54 winners as she rallied from a set down, to beat third seeded and favorite Simona Halep of Romania 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to bag her first Grand Slam as well as her first tour career title in emphatic fashion on the slow red clay of Roland Garros. Earlier, the Latvian in her semi-final victory over Timea Bacsinszky had her forehand winners measured at speeds of 76 mph (122 kmph), faster than Britain’s Andy Murray’s average speed, on a surface that is the slowest of the four Grand Slams. With her victory in the French Open, a new women’s champion and contender has arrived on the tennis firmament.
