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Maria Sharapova completed the career Grand Slam on Saturday, handily defeating Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 to win her first French Open and join a prestigious list of women to win all four majors.

The 25-year-old Russian capitalized on her power advantage and took control of the match early, breaking Errani in her first service game and four times after to win in an efficient 89 minutes. Sharapova won a whopping 70 percent of points on the Italian's second serve and more than half of all return points.

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When Errani netted a ball on the third match point, Sharapova fell to her knees, raised her arms to the sky and jumped up and down in the middle of the court. The win was her first in a Slam since a shoulder injury sidelined her for 10 months in 2008-09.

Errani was a surprise finalist at Roland Garros. She entered ranked No. 24 in the world and had never advanced past the second round in Paris. But after struggling in a first-round match against Casey

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It's that visor. It really protects against the sun.

The 6-foot-2 Sharapova easily won the first set against the generously listed 5-foot-4 Errani in Saturday's French Open women's final. She'll move to No. 1 in Monday's rankings regardless of the result but is attempting to cap a career Grand Slam with a victory at Roland Garros.

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The Novak Slam vs. all-time French Open supremacy.

No. 1 vs. No. 2.

The first time in history that the men's final has been the same at four straight Grand Slams.

There will be no shortage of storylines on Sunday when Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal face off in a highly-anticipated men's final at the French Open.

The world's top two players had little trouble in the semifinals. Nadal easily dispatched countryman David Ferrer 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 to win for the 51st time in 52 career matches at Roland Garros. Djokovic didn't let three second-set breaks slow him down against Roger Federer. He broke back four times in the set en route to winning in straights, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3.

Shirtless and watching replays of himself on television, apparently.

There was a 50-minute rain delay in Rafael Nadal's easy 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 over David Ferrer in Friday's French Open semifinal. Television cameras captured how Nadal spent his break.

That's Rafa's Uncle Toni, giving him coaching tips. So, pretty much, there's not a lot of difference between a match and a mid-match break.

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Serbia's greatest sportsman has received Serbia's greatest sports honor.

When the nation's delegation enters Olympic Stadium in London on July 27, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic will be at the front carrying the red, blue and white flag. He shared the news with reporters this week while preparing for his French Open semifinal against Roger Federer.

"We are all very excited about the Olympic games in London, such a magnificent sporting event, and it goes without saying what a great honor it is for me to carry the flag for Serbia," Djokovic told AFP.

Two tennis players carried the flag for their countries in 2008. Both Roger Federer and Fernando Gonzalez came away with medals. Djokovic won a bronze medal at those Games, defeating James Blake in the third-place match.

"To win any medal in the Olympics is a huge achievement for any athlete. Not many athletes get a chance to win a medal," Djokovic said at the time. "But for me, this bronze shines like a gold because I think I've played pretty

Whether due to belief, pity or inevitability, few people criticized Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for failing to convert four match points against Novak Djokovic in Tuesday's quarterfinal match. It was generally accepted that Djokovic won those points. Tsonga didn't lose them. When the No. 1 player in the world hits a bold overhead that sails through the air and skips off a line on match point, further cementing his reputation as a fearless competitor when all is on the line, the vanquished gets forgotten.

Rafael Nadal thinks otherwise. The world No. 2, who was probably pulling as hard for Tsonga as the French crowd at Court Philippe Chatrier, commented this week that Tsonga made two major mistakes on two of the four match points.

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"Tsonga played fantastic for moments. He was a little bit unlucky, that's true. But he had two mistakes in two match points, important ones. The first was a passing shot with his backhand. He hit the ball probably in the worst place to hit, against the

(Getty Images)Maria Sharapova completed her long road back to No. 1 on Thursday, defeating Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the French Open final and bring herself closer to capping a career Grand Slam.

The win will move Sharapova to the top spot of the rankings when they're released Monday.

She handily defeated the world No. 4 thanks to a consistent serve and powerful, accurate groundstrokes. Her success on clay this season -- she's 18-1 on the surface in 2012 -- makes her "cow on ice" days seem like a distant memory.

[Related: Learn about French Open finalist Sara Errani]

Since losing to Kvitova in last year's Wimbledon final, Sharapova has consistently contended in big tournaments, winning two premier events and making the finals in two others. She lost the Australian Open final to Victoria Azarenka in February, moving the Belarusian to No. 1, a spot she held until Sharapova dethroned her on Thursday.

The return to No. 1 comes almost exactly four years after her last stint atop the WTA

(Getty Images)No. 21 seed Sara Errani defeated reigning US Open champion Sam Stosur 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 to advance to the French Open final. Here's a quick primer course to catch you up on all things Sara before Saturday's final.

1. Born April 29, 1987 in Bologna, Italy. She on her first two singles titles in 2008 in Palermo and Portoroz, then went four years before winning another.

2. In a span of two months this March and April, she won more tournaments than she had in her entire career. Those victories in Acapulco, Barcelona and Budapest were all on clay.

3. She had never advanced past the second round of the French Open before this year. In the three other Slams, Errani had never gone past the third round until advancing to the quarterfinals of this year's Australian Open.

4. Errani arrived in Paris ranked No. 24 but was No. 5 in prize money for the year and No. 9 in the Race for the WTA Championships. No matter what happens on Saturday, she will make her debut in the top 10 in next week's rankings.