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How Sharapova climbed the stand to meet her dear ones after French open triumph

New Delhi: Maria Sharapova once described her early outings on clay as being akin to a "cow on ice", but since her thrilling 6-4, 6-7 (5/7) 6-4 win over Romania's Simona Halep yesterday in the


Maria Sharapova's second French Open title on the clay court of Roland Garros left her scratching her head as to how she ever got to that point in her career.

Reared on the hard courts of Russia and Florida, and happiest on the green grass of Wimbledon, the biggest name in women's sport is a late convert to the joys of the slippy red surface.