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Svetlana Kuznetsova, after waiting for more than five years to win her second major Grandslam, finally got her share of Roland Garros glory that was due for a long time.

Right through the tournament, Kuznetsova had slogged and struggled through three-set matches before finally making it to the finals, where she would be facing the 1st seeded and her compatriot, Dinara Safina.

Everyone, including herself thought that the final match against Dinara would be the hardest and to register a win here meant that she would have to play ‘out of her skin’. But the Saturday morning in Paris was to witness something different something that none of the spectators had thought of happening. Kuznetsova breezing past through Safina in just an hour and 14 minutes and registering a 6-4, 6-2 victory, to win the French Open Women Single’s title.

While accepting the trophy on Philippe Chatrier court, the 23 year old, Svetlana Kuznetsova from St. Petersburg said, “I have been waiting for this moment for a long time, losing to the winners. I had been playing many matches, and this time it happened. Really, I didn’t expect it to happen this year.” Well things like this happens when one is least expecting them to happen.

Five year ago at a young age of 19, Kuznetsova had won her first Grandslam title win the 2004 U.S. Open championship. To lift the U.S. Open title then she had defeated, Elena Dementieva, another fellow Russian player.

As for the Men’s Singles finals, Roger Federer, the winner of 13 Grandslam titles will be taking on the current Roland Garros sensation Robin Soderling on Sunday.