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4th time's the charm: Halep tops Stephens to win French Open
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PARIS (AP) — Maybe all of those losses in Grand Slam finals helped Simona Halep actually win one. She'd gone 0-3 in matches with a major trophy on the line before facing Sloane Stephens for the French Open title Saturday, so there was plenty to remember: what it felt like to give a lead away, to make a key mistake, to walk away with regrets. "All the experience from those three finals that I lost ... was a positive thing," Halep said, "and gave me a little bit more power to believe."