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Russian teen Mirra Andreeva was already a tennis phenom astatine property 15. Now 19, she's a Grand Slam champion.
The eighth-ranked Andreeva ended the tally of 114th-ranked Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph successful the French Open last connected Saturday. This was the archetypal Grand Slam for some players.
Andreeva became the youngest subordinate to triumph the women's singles rubric since Monica Seles, who was 18 erstwhile she landed her 3rd consecutive French Open successful 1992.
Chwalinska was attempting to go the archetypal qualifier to seizure the Roland Garros title.
Russia's Mirra Andreeva reacts aft winning the last tennis lucifer astatine the French Open successful Paris, Saturday, June 6, 2026.
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Andreeva has been considered a Grand Slam contender since she burst onto the country arsenic a 15-year-old astatine the 2023 Madrid Open, erstwhile she became the third-youngest subordinate to triumph a main-draw lucifer astatine a WTA 1000 tourney and made the quarterfinals.
Lately, Andreeva has had to contend with playing nether neutral presumption and without her country's emblem owed to the war with Ukraine.
When she bushed Marta Kostyuk successful the semifinals, her hostile refused to shingle her hand, arsenic has been the customized for Ukrainian players facing Russians ever since the warfare started successful 2022.
There was a beardown Polish beingness successful the Court Philippe-Chatrier assemblage Saturday, and erstwhile Chwalinska was introduced, fans held aloft red-and-white Polish flags and chanted her name. Andreeva herself had small enactment from the crowd, though determination was a outcry of "Davai Mirra!" — "Go Mirra" — successful Russian precocious successful the match.
Andreeva has present gone a measurement further than her coach, Conchita Martinez, who mislaid the 2000 French Open last to Mary Pierce. Pierce was owed to contiguous the winner's trophy to Andreeva.
Russia's Mirra Andreeva returns against Poland's Maja Chwalinska astatine the French Open successful Paris, Saturday, June 6, 2026.
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The last was played nether mostly sunny skies, though upwind was a factor.
When Andreeva executed a backhand cross-court victor connected her archetypal lucifer point, she dropped connected her knees to the clay to celebrate.
Chwalinska double-faulted connected the opening constituent of the match, but was the archetypal subordinate to clasp service successful the 5th game.
In men's doubles, top-seeded Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos retained their rubric with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph against Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten.
Alexander Zverev plays Flavio Cobolli successful the men's last connected Sunday to reason the wildest Grand Slam successful caller memory.
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