One other teen tennis phenom has entered the chat.
On Saturday, Mirra Andreeva, 19, gained her first profession grand slam, defeating unlikely finalist Maja Chwalinska, who performed by way of the qualifying rounds to even attain the principle discipline, in straight units, 6-3, 6-2. Andreeva solely dropped one set — within the second spherical — the whole event, profitable her closing 12 units general.
With the victory, Andreeva grew to become the primary teenager to win a grand slam since Coco Gauff took the 2023 U.S. Open, additionally at 19. She’s the fifth teen this decade to win a significant title, additionally becoming a member of Iga Swiatek (2020 French Open) and Emma Raducanu (2021 U.S. Open) on the ladies’s draw and Carlos Alcaraz (2022 U.S. Open) within the males’s.
Having simply turned 19 in March, Andreeva can be the youngest Roland Garros champ since Monica Seles gained her third consecutive Suzanne-Lenglen Cup at 18 in 1992 and the fourth-younger participant ever to win their first grand slam on the French Open.
