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☆ Iga Świątek wins third straight French Open title with dominant victory against Jasmine Paolini
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

1 Iga Świątek won her third consecutive French Open title on Saturday with an emphatic 6-2 6-1 victory against Italy’s Jasmine Paolini. She is the first woman since Justine Henin in 2007 to win three consecutive French Open titles, dismantling first-time grand slam finalist Paolini in just an hour and eight minutes. Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty ImagesIn the later stages of this year’s French Open, Świątek has been unmatched, dropping just 17 games across the past five matches. But for all her superiority, she was almost ousted from the tournament by Naomi Osaka in the second round. Gonzalo Fuentes/ReutersBeaten only twice at the French Open, Świątek follows Monica Seles and Henin by claiming a third consecutive women’s singles titles at Roland Garros in the Open Era.

Persons: Iga Świątek, Italy’s Jasmine Paolini, – Świątek’s, Roland Garros, Justine Henin, Paolini, Świątek, Bertrand Guay, Naomi Osaka, ” Świątek, “, it’s, ” Paolini, Philippe, Chatrier, It’s, I’m, Gonzalo Fuentes, Monica Seles, Henin, Serena Williams, – Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, –, Rafael Nadal, ” Organizations: CNN, Świątek, Paolini, Getty, Reuters Locations: AFP, Madrid, Rome, Paris, Świątek

☆ Christopher Paolini Wanted a Job Involving Dragons, So He Created One
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Stefano Montali | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the months before Christopher Paolini wrote the book that made him a star in young adult fantasy, he built a hobbit hole. His family self-published the book, and for more than a year, he promoted it as he could, hand-selling copies outside bookstores and giving presentations at schools. Eventually, Carl Hiaasen, a best-selling novelist, picked up a self-published copy at a grocery store while on a family trip to Montana. His stepson — who, according to Hiaasen, said “Eragon” was “better than Harry Potter!” — finished the 500-page book in a day. Hiaasen passed the book to his editor at Random House Children’s Books, connecting Paolini to the New York publishing world.

Persons: Christopher Paolini, He’d, he’d, — Leo Tolstoy, Alexandre Dumas, Jane Austen, ” Paolini, wasn’t, ”, Eragon, Carl Hiaasen, —, Hiaasen, Eragon ”, Harry Potter, ” — Organizations: Random, New Locations: Paradise Valley, Mont, Montana, Paolini, New York

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