Record breaker Diede de Groot and teenager Tokito Oda win wheelchair titles at Roland Garros | Sports

Lina Portman4 weeks ago

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PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Diede de Groot won a record 22nd Grand Slam wheelchair singles title when she rallied to beat unseeded Zhu Zhenzhen 4-6, 6-2 , 6-3 in the women's final at Roland Garros on Saturday.

In the men's wheelchair final, second-seeded Tokito Oda of Japan successfully defended his Roland Garros title by winning 7-5, 6-3 against No. 3 seed Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina 3. It was 18-year-old Oda's fourth major title.

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