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Serena Williams won a third French Open title and her 20th grand slam after she beat Lucie Safarova in three sets to be crowned champion at Roland Garros.

Williams had been hampered by illness in the lead-up to the Paris showpiece but the world number one showed her mettle to hold off a late Safarova fightback and win 6-3 6-7 (2/7) 6-2.

It means Williams, who also won the Australian Open in January, is now only two short of Steffi Graf's 22 major titles and four away from Margaret Court's all-time best 24.