FIRST WORD
I think it was the most important thing, because always I said that if you are No. 1 without a Grand Slam, you are not a real No. 1. Now that I was able to win, it makes it special, and makes it, like, everything together. It’s real now.”
French Open women’s champ Simona Halep, who beat American Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 Saturday for her first Grand Slam tournament title. Halep had been 0-3 in major finals.