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Once again, the weather played a crucial part on the penultimate day of action at Roland Garros as Ashleigh Barty was crowned French Open champion.
The 23-year-old thrashed Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova, needing just an hour to seal a 6-1, 6-4 success on Philippe-Chatrier.
Barty, a former cricket player, is the first Australian woman since Margaret Court in 1973 to win the title in Paris.
Rain had delayed the women's final by an hour after Dominic Thiem edged a five-set thriller against Novak Djokovic to set up a reunion with Rafael Nadal in Sunday's final.
The Austrian fought off a mini fightback from the world number one to eventually triumph 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5.
The decision to stop the contest - one which has consequently seen the women's final moved to Court Simonne Mathieu - was heavily criticised by Djokovic in his post-match press conference.
Nadal awaits the fourth seed in the final having beaten Roger Federer in straight sets on Thursday.
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