Andreeva vs. Chwalinska Roland Garros 2026 Final | Post-Match

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**Gill Gross** (1:24)
Hey, everyone, Gill Gross here. Post-match, Mirra Andreeva versus Maja Chwalinska, Roland Garros 2026 Women's Final. If you're not here for spoilers, click off the video. Mirra Andreeva, first career major title, capping off a dominant clay court season with a dominant Roland Garros title run. She lost only one set. It was all the way back in the second round. These score lines were lopsided, and that continued for the most part here in this final. After a competitive start, Andreeva pulls away, wins it 6-3, 6-2 over the Polish qualifier, Maja Chwalinska. Andreeva, a player from the time she was 17, it was like, oh, she can win majors. She's got that talent level and ability level.
I think the hardest thing for her has been above the shoulders for the most part. Not that she didn't need to get stronger and develop aspects of her game. She's certainly done that. But at times, the mental side has probably held her back. And what I kind of loved about this situation for her is I looked at it as sort of like a final boss level of mental tennis. There's the final boss battle at the end of the game where you're in a situation, there are so many variables that could have needled her and could have sort of gotten her out of a state of calm and composure. Wind, that's number one. A crowd that was against her, that's number two. Didn't handle that well last year against Louis Boussin, where in a similar vein, she was at the tail end of the tournament as a heavy favorite in that particular match. An opponent in Maja Chwalinska, who plays a style that is infuriating to play against. She does not have power. She profits off of your errors. She profits off of changing speeds and spins so much that she makes you play poorly.
Her technique's funky. Tennis players have egos about that. They don't want to lose to players who don't have sort of a pure skill set in a way that they kind of can recognize. And Chwalinska in some ways doesn't. Not a fun player to lose to. Very important that you kind of toss your ego aside and you recognize her strengths and respect the way she plays. But easier said than done. So, you've got all that. Wind, crowd, opponent, heavy favorite status, lots of expectations. It was kind of a perfect storm for Andreeva to struggle in her composure, and she just didn't. She was very, very calm.
Let's talk about the tennis itself. And then in the end, I'll talk about Andreeva in general and how I see her as a player, where she fits in into the overall landscape on the WTA Tour. I'll also tease at this time that I have previewed the men's final. That video is up after I went over these Varev over Menchik result. Talked about the Arnoldi withdrawal, which I might follow up on that in the YouTube community tab because I have a little bit more to say. Anyway, Chwalinska, she's a very special player, pretty much one of one in a lot of ways. She resembles, I guess, some other players on tour, like maybe a Marquette to Vondrosova, but she's definitely in the variety maxer category.
You never know what she's going to do with the ball. She's going to throw up a lot of high balls, and then she's going to give you a lot of short slice, and then she's going to push you back, and then she's going to hit a drop shot, and then she's going to get inside the court and hit short angles. And basically do everything in her power to make up for her lack of power. But Andreeva looked so native in the variety department against Chwalinska.