\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on, I just, I dunno what to say. I\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m just very happy,\u201d she added to raucous applause on Court Philippe Chatrier.<\/p>\n
One aspect of her run to the final has been the ice-cold composure she has displayed on court across all her matches.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m crazy sometimes also, yeah,\u201d Chwalinska said of her emotions.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I try to stay composed because I know it\u2019s the best way for me … But inside there\u2019s a storm, believe me.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an intriguing clash of styles between the variety of Chwalinska\u2019s game and the power-hitting of Shnaider, it was the diminutive Pole who earned the first break to get 3-1 ahead.<\/p>\n
A deft drop-shot followed by a beautifully disguised deep backhand slice helped bring three break points. She converted the first when Shnaider drove a forehand into the tramlines.<\/p>\n
The Russian hit back straight away to wipe out the break, even drawing an admiring thumbs-up from Chwalinska after a perfectly weighted backhand drop-shot.<\/p>\n
A wild forehand by Chwalinska gave Shnaider daylight at 3-1 in the tie-break but the patient Pole won six of the next seven points to claim the opener.<\/p>\n
With the sun peeking through the sides of the roof on centre court, the pair exchanged breaks of serve to start the second set.<\/p>\n
Shnaider called for a medical time-out to receive a back massage when leading 4-3.<\/p>\n
Chwalinska began drawing the rallies out in response and promptly broke Shnaider in the Russian\u2019s next service game to move to the edge of victory.<\/p>\n
She sealed her spot in the final with a forehand winner.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will give my all, it\u2019s a Grand Slam final,\u201d Chwalinska said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me enjoy this moment for now … I just want to breathe a little, enjoy it today then just recover as best I can,\u201d she added of preparations for her 10th and final match of the tournament.<\/p>\n
Mirra Andreeva raced into her first Grand Slam final as she beat an erratic Marta Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3 in the earlier semi-final.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old Russian took one hour and 16 minutes to overcome her Ukrainian opponent. Andreeva will play either compatriot Diana Shnaider or Pole Maja Chwalinska in Sunday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still very, very nervous. I was very nervous coming into this match,\u201d said eighth-seeded Andreeva on court at the end.<\/p>\n
Kostyuk, the 15th seed, had won her previous two meetings with Andreeva, both this year. The most recent was on clay in the final in Madrid as Kostyuk put together a 17-match unbeaten run on the red dirt coming into the Roland Garros last four.<\/p>\n
Yet, today, she quickly started to unravel against her teenage opponent. Kostyuk dropped serve in the very first game after two double faults and a pair of unforced errors.<\/p>\n
She led 0-40 in Andreeva\u2019s first service game but a combination of Kostyuk errors on high-risk strokes and the Russian\u2019s steadier defence allowed Andreeva to recover to consolidate the break.<\/p>\n
The pattern persisted as Andreeva grabbed the initiative to win through the 34-minute set.<\/p>\n
Kostyuk had a break point in the first game of the second set but could not take it.<\/p>\n
Andreeva pulled 4-1 ahead. Kostyuk, who finished with 34 unforced errors, finally forced a break of her own but promptly dropped serve to love and Andreeva duly served out the win.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s had an amazing season,\u201d said Andreeva of Kostyuk. \u201cShe\u2019s an amazing player, very tough opponent.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m super happy with the way I played and then that I got revenge for Madrid final and I\u2019m happy that I\u2019m in my first-ever Grand Slam final.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of these feelings combined it\u2019s amazing. I\u2019ve never felt anything like this before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andreeva was the only one of the women\u2019s semi-finalists to have reached this stage at one of the four majors \u2013 she lost to Jasmine Paolini at the last-four stage of Roland Garros in 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m nervous but at the same time I\u2019m very, very excited,\u201d added Andreeva of playing her first major title-decider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on, I just, I dunno what to say. I\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m just very…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5196,3890,5667,5669,5537,5197,1034,2286,2469,1054,1719,767,5666,5661,5664,5191,517,5665,1362,5660,1722,5662,1709,5668,5663,28,5190,4219,1127],"class_list":["post-13756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-against","tag-andreeva","tag-beat","tag-become","tag-chwalinska","tag-diana","tag-era","tag-final","tag-first","tag-french","tag-garros","tag-history","tag-made","tag-maja","tag-mirra","tag-number","tag-open","tag-polish","tag-professional","tag-qualifier","tag-roland","tag-sets","tag-shnaider","tag-straight","tag-teenager","tag-tennis","tag-today","tag-up","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}