Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva wins French Open to claim first Grand Slam tennis title

by · The Washington Times

PARIS — Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva was already a tennis phenom at age 15.

At 19, she’s the French Open champion.

The eighth-ranked Andreeva ended the run of 114th-ranked Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska with a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the Roland Garros final on Saturday.

Andreeva became the youngest player to win the women’s singles title since Monica Seles, who was 18 when she landed her third straight French Open in 1992.

Chwalinska was attempting to become the first qualifier to capture the Roland Garros title.

Alexander Zverev plays Flavio Cobolli in the men’s final on Sunday to conclude the wildest Grand Slam in recent memory.

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