Lenglen


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Lenglen

(French lɑ̃ɡlɑ̃)
n
(Biography) Suzanne (syzan). 1899–1938, French tennis player: Wimbledon champion (1919-25)
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1919: France's Suzanne Lenglen became the first non-English-speaking women's champion at Wimbledon.
Vondrousova, who was hoping to become the first teenager to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup since Iva Majoli in 1997, offered more of a challenge in the second set, but Barty was always in control.
He dug deep on a raucous Court Suzanne Lenglen, saving 22 of 27 break points in total and hammering 62 winners.
"It was a nice match to play in."Federer, playing the French Open for the first time since 2015, eased through the first two sets against world number 63 Ruud on Court Suzanne Lenglen.
Matches taking place on the Suzanne Lenglen court will be live on beIN SPORTS HD8.
Meanwhile, Williams lost to Wang Qiang of China on Court Suzanne Lenglen.
The 20-year-old Ostapenko is the first unseeded woman to lift the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen since Britain's Margaret Scriven in 1933.
Ostapenko, 19, had struggled against the wind during the opening set on Suzanne Lenglen, which Wozniacki took control of with two early breaks to race into a 5-0 lead.
Muguruza, who beat Serena Williams in the final 12 months ago, walked off following the loss wagging her finger at the fans on Court Suzanne Lenglen.
The first set on Court Suzanne Lenglen was a horror show for the world number one against a player who almost skipped Roland Garros because of a calf injury.
1919 FRENCH tennis player Suzanne Lenglen became the first non-English speaking women's champion at Wimbledon.