The American beat Maria Sharapova in the French Open final

Spaniard caps comeback from knee injury with win over Ferrer to claim French Open title No 8

A previously forgettable French Open for Britain ended in hope for the future. In the absence of the injured Andy Murray there were no victories for Britons in either the men's or women's singles competitions, but Kyle Edmund left Roland Garros on Saturday night as the first British champion there for 31 years.

The French Open men's final between Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer was dramatically interrupted by a masked protester carrying a flare.

He may have lost in the first round of the boys' singles, but there has surely not been a more remarkable competitor at the French Open than Lee Duck-hee.

Some bookmakers have him at 10-1 on to beat David Ferrer in this afternoon's French Open final, but Rafael Nadal will go into the match with the same attitude he adopts every time he steps on to a court. Even though he has beaten his fellow Spaniard in 15 of their last 16 meetings and has lost only one of his previous 59 matches here at Roland Garros, the king of clay will be taking nothing for granted against an opponent playing in his first Grand Slam final.

Andy Murray has already been wearing his grass-court shoes for nearly a fortnight, but that has not stopped the world No 2 keeping a close eye on the climax of the clay-court season on the other side of the Channel. Murray, who will return to competition in this week's Aegon Championships at Queen's Club after injury kept him out of the French Open, has watched in admiration as two of the players he most respects have reached the final at Roland Garros.

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Serena Williams cemented her status as far and away the best player in women's tennis by winning a second French Open title 11 years after her first.

David Ferrer, reached the first grand slam final of his career with a one-sided 6-1 7-6 (7/3) 6-2 win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

It is the sort of head-to-head record that might send a player on to the court believing the match was already lost, but Maria Sharapova insisted yesterday that she would not be thinking about the past when she faces Serena Williams in the final of the French Open here this afternoon.

Pulling out of the French Open was one of the toughest decisions Andy Murray has ever made, but the  26-year-old Scot said yesterday that watching Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic fighting toe-to-toe for more than four and a half hours in Paris confirmed that he had made the right call.

Spaniard edges five-set marathon which has his uncle Toni in tears and world No 1 inconsolable

Win a bottle of wine

The Spaniard only recently returned from a long term injury