Andreeva wins French Open as Chwalinska fairytale ends

Image source, Reuters Image caption, Mirra Andreeva is the first teenager to win the Roland Garros women's singles title since Iga Swiatek in 2020 By Jonathan Jurejko BBC Sport tennis news reporter at Roland Garros Published 5 minutes ago Teenager Mirra Andreeva won her first Grand Slam title as Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska was denied a fairytale French Open victory. Andreeva, 19, fulfilled the potential she has long shown with a 6-3 6-2 win over an opponent who was a 500-1 outsider before the tournament. Russian eighth seed Andreeva is the youngest woman to win the Roland Garros title since Monica Seles in 1992. After securing victory in one hour and 22 minutes, Andreeva fell to the court in elation before quickly running up to the stands for a warm embrace with her coach Conchita Martinez - herself a former major champion after winning Wimbledon in 1994. Andreeva overcame a tense start, where nerves and a swirling wind led to the final starting with four successive breaks of serve. It was world number 114 Chwalinska who held first - much to the delight of the 15,000-strong crowd who gave her vociferous support throughout. Despite thousands of Polish fans cheering Chwalinska on, Andreeva showed her increased maturity to maintain her composure and reel off the next nine games to take a 6-3 5-0 lead. There was more tension when Andreeva was unable to serve out victory at the first attempt, but she recovered to take her first championship point on Chwalinska's serve with a backhand winner. Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Chwalinska was the second qualifier to reach a Grand Slam singles final in the Open era - after Britain's Emma Raducanu Related topics Tennis More on this story Live scores, results and order of play Get tennis news sent straight to your phone Published 2 days ago