Jun 10, 2017; Paris, France; Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) in action during her match against Simona Halep (ROU) (not pictured) on day fourteen of the 2017 French Open tennis tournament at Stade Roland Garros. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports
PARIS (Reuters) - Jelena Ostapenko says "anything is possible" when she is hitting the ball true and it was hard to disagree as she addressed a Roland Garros news conference with the Suzanne Lenglen trophy for company on Saturday.
Earlier the 20-year-old, playing at the French Open for only the second time, could not have struck the ball more sweetly for most of the one hour 59 minutes it took her to beat Romania's Simona Halep 4-6 6-4 6-3 and become Latvia's first grand slam champion.
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