The world No. 8 Mirra Andreeva put on a tactical clinic on Court Philippe-Chatrier, overcoming a windy start to become the youngest women’s singles champion at Roland Garros since Monica Seles in 1992, Yankee Scores reports.
Teenager Mirra Andreeva secured her first Grand Slam trophy at the expense of Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska, which deprived her of a dream French Open win.
It took only a single match for 19-year-old Andreeva to demonstrate her full potential, having thrashed her 500-to-1 underdog opponent by a score of 6-3 6-2.
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The Russian 8th seed Andreeva is the youngest female winner of the Roland Garros title since 1992 when Monica Seles lifted the trophy.
Upon winning the final within just one hour and 22 minutes, the ecstatic teenager dropped on the courtside and immediately made her way towards the stands to hug her coach Conchita Martinez, the former Wimbledon champion of 1994.
According to BBC, Maja Chwalinska got 69% of her first serves in, but won only 46% of points when her first serve went in and 18% on her second serve.
Mirra Andreeva’s numbers for those metrics were 78%, 58% and 55% respectively.
There were 11 of breaks of serve in the 17 games of the final.
Andreeva hit 25 winners and 26 unforced errors, compared to 10 winners and 29 unforced errors for Chwalinska.
“I was obviously very nervous, being 5-0 up in the second set and I lost two games in row with some mistakes.
“I’m just happy I kept my composure, I kept focus and I felt like no matter what, no matter what the score is going to be – no way am I going to lose this match, no way am I going to lose another game or another point. I was just very happy with how locked in I was in the last game.”
“Honestly I don’t know. The conditions were very tough, a lot of wind in a lot of directions. I’m just happy to stay focused and I was able to play aggressive and go for my shots.”
