Roland-Garros
“The sky is the limit”: how Mirra Andreeva built a champion out of a world-class player
Through a coach who named the barriers and a Federer model she chose to inhabit, Mirra Andreeva turned a turbulent season into a maiden Roland-Garros title at 19. Conchita Martínez explains how a world-class player became a champion.
A Roland-Garros finalist, a Wimbledon wild card still – and a holiday before either
Maja Chwalinska, the surprise Roland-Garros runner-up, faces an unusual challenge: despite her new top 25 ranking, she's not guaranteed a main draw spot at Wimbledon. The entry list closed before her incredible run, leaving her hoping for a wild card or facing qualifying. It's a unique quirk of the tennis calendar.
“I wanted to impersonate Roger”: how watching Federer in Paris shaped Andreeva’s title run
After a spring of frayed nerves, Mirra Andreeva spent her Roland-Garros fortnight watching old Roger Federer matches and trying to carry herself the way he did. At 19, the newly crowned champion explains how impersonating her idol's calm helped her choose to be a fighter.
Andreeva wins her first Grand Slam title at Roland-Garros, the dawn of a new era
Mirra Andreeva (No 8), 19, beat Polish qualifier Maja Chwalińska 6-3, 6-2 in 1h18 on Court Philippe-Chatrier to win her first Grand Slam title. She's the youngest winner of the tournament since 1992 and thanked her psychologist for being such in control.
The opponent in the mirror: how Mirra Andreeva taught herself to feel just enough
Mirra Andreeva's path to her first Grand Slam final is a testament to emotional growth. After past struggles with pressure and over-correction, she's learned to channel her feelings. Can she find the right balance when it matters most? She'll play her first Grand Slam final this afternoon.
“He’s my reference”: Cobolli on facing Zverev in Roland-Garros final
“A stiff neck which didn’t allow me to do some movements”: Mensik’s physical restriction in his semi-final defeat
“You lose the rhythm”: Flavio Cobolli weighs the cost of a walkover into the final
“I can’t move, I can’t eat, I can’t drink”: the morning Matteo Arnaldi’s first Slam semi-final disappeared
Breaking: Arnaldi withdraws from Roland-Garros semi-final, Cobolli through to the final to face Zverev
Out-of-body, feet on the ground: how Maja Chwalinska holds her fairytale together
Clinical: Zverev reaches his second Roland-Garros final and his fourth Grand Slam final, beating Mensik in four sets
“It cost me a lot physically”: Chwalinska on Roland-Garros final run
The unbelievable story of Maja Chwalinska: the world No. 114 becomes the first qualifier ever to reach the Roland-Garros final
“A Grand Slam is nothing compared to that”: the battles Marta Kostyuk won with herself before she ever reached a semi-final
Andreeva, 19, ends Kostyuk’s clay-court streak and reaches her first Grand Slam final
“Results are just a side effect”: Coach Sandra Zaniewska on the season that took Marta Kostyuk to a maiden Grand Slam semi-final
June 4, 1972: Gimeno becomes oldest man to win Roland-Garros…at that time
“I’m so tired of it”: Matteo Berrettini’s comeback ends in a Roland-Garros retirement, and a new injury
Berrettini retires against Arnaldi, the all-Italian semi-final goes to the world No. 104