Maria Sharapova of Russia eyes the ball during her women's singles final match against Simona Halep of Romania at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 7, 2014. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) - Simona Halep took the French Open women's final into a third set when the Romanian fourth seed won the second 7-6(5) after losing the first 6-4 against Russian seventh seed Maria Sharapova on Saturday.
Russian Sharapova, chasing her fifth grand slam title and second at Roland Garros, was 2-0 up in the second set but Halep recovered to force a tiebreak that she won when her opponent fired wide.
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