2Photo© indiatoday.inMirra Andreeva ends Maja Chwalinska's dream run, wins maiden Grand Slam title
As the No. 8 seed in the tournament, Andreeva triumphed over Poland’s Maja Chwalińska with a score of 6–3, 6–2 in the final held on Saturday. At the age of just 19, the Russian player becomes the first teenager to win a Grand Slam since Coco Gauff, who was also 19, achieved this feat at the 2023 US Open. Furthermore, Andreeva is the inaugural player born after 2005, regardless of gender, to reach a Grand Slam final, thus paving the way for a new generation of tennis talents with her remarkable victory.
The roof of Philippe-Chartier Court was opened just prior to the commencement of the final, and both competitors faced wind gusts reaching up to 29 mph (as reported by the TNT broadcast of the final) throughout the duration of the match. Although Chwalińska initially made the match competitive, Andreeva gained a significant advantage towards the conclusion of the first set and maintained dominance for the majority of the second.
During Andreeva's journey in Paris, she defeated three other seeded players and conceded only one set—a 3–6 loss against Spain's Marina Bassols Ribera at the start of her second-round match.