Alina Korneeva beats Perez Alarcon for French Open girls' title - ESPN

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2023-06-10 12:42:42  • 1 min

PARIS -- Third-seeded Alina Korneeva beat No. 6 Lucciana Perez Alarcon 7-6 (4), 6-3 to win the French Open girls' title Saturday and follow up her success at the Australian Open earlier this year.

The 15-year-old Russian player dropped only one set at the Grand Slam tournament as she became the first girl to win two major titles in a season since 2013, when Ana Konjuh and Belinda Bencic both won two majors.

Korneeva is also the first girl to win the first two majors of the season since Magdalena Maleeva in 1990.

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