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Andreeva wins first Grand Slam title at French Open
Sunday Tribune
|June 07, 2026
MIRRA Andreeva won her first Grand Slam title yesterday by downing Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska in straight sets in the French Open final.
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The 19-year-old Russian beat Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 to become the youngest Roland Garros women's singles champion since Monica Seles, then aged 18, won her third straight title in Paris in 1992.
With her first-ever major crown, Andreeva also became the first player, man or woman, born after 2005 to win a Grand Slam.
The Coupe Suzanne Lenglen will now take centre spot in Andreeva's burgeoning trophy cabinet, which already features two WTA 1000 titles.
Defeat at the final hurdle brought to an end an astonishing run which started in qualifying for Chwalinska, who won nine matches in the French capital to become the first qualifier to reach the final in the Open era. However, the world number 114's career will now be on a different stratosphere as she will climb to 21 in the rankings and be assured of competing regularly in tennis' biggest tournaments.
This story is from the June 07, 2026 edition of Sunday Tribune.
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