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Record-breaking Diede de Groot and teenager Tokito Oda win wheelchair titles at French Open
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Netherlands' Diede de Groot holds the trophy after winning against China's Zhang Zhizhen in the women's wheelchair final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Saturday, June 8, 2024. - photo by AP Photo/Thibault Camus
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 French Open women's final on Saturday. In the men’s wheelchair final, second-seeded Tokito Oda of Japan successfully defended his title at Roland Garros by winning 7-5, 6-3 against No. 3-seeded Argentine Gustavo Fernandez.