<p>World number one Simona Halep on Saturday clinched her first Grand Slam title with a gutsy comeback victory over American 10th seed Sloane Stephens in the French Open final.</p>

<p>Halep, who had lost her three previous major finals, went a set and a break down at Roland Garros.</p>

<p>But the 26-year-old Romanian battled back to take a see-saw second set against the US champion.&nbsp;</p>

<p>She then raced away with the third to win 3-6 6-4 6-1.</p>

<p>Halep clinched victory with her first match point, Stephens unable to return a powerful first serve.</p>

<p>The top seed dropped her racquet in celebration and was almost in tears before Stephens walked to warmly hug the champion.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="fr">La joie d'une championne. Félicitations <a href="https://twitter.com/Simona_Halep?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Simona_Halep</a> ! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RG18?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RG18</a> <a href="https://t.co/RXcNmahqpG">pic.twitter.com/RXcNmahqpG</a></p>
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Simona Halep, who had lost her three previous major finals, went a set and a break down at Roland Garros

World number one Simona Halep on Saturday clinched her first Grand Slam title with a gutsy comeback victory over American 10th seed Sloane Stephens in the French Open final. Halep, who had lost her three previous major finals, went a set and a break down at Roland Garros. But the 26-year-old Romanian battled back to take a see-saw second set against the US champion. She then raced away with the third to win 3-6 6-4 6-1. Halep clinched victory with her first match point, Stephens unable to return a powerful first serve. The top seed dropped her racquet in celebration and was almost in tears before Stephens walked to warmly hug the champion. La joie d'une championne. Félicitations @Simona_Halep ! #RG18 pic.twitter.com/RXcNmahqpG — Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 9, 2018 ×

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