Mirra Andreeva pinpoints the part of her game that improved a lot at Roland Garros to help her win the tournament

The 19-year-old became the third-youngest Grand Slam champion in women’s singles since the start of the century, older than only Emma Raducanu (18 at the US Open 2021) and Maria Sharapova (17 at Wimbledon 2004)

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Coached by 1994 Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez, Andreeva defeated Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska in the final, 6-3, 6-2, marking another comfortable victory at the tournament for the Russian.

Ahead of her first-round match at the All England Club, the Roland Garros champion reflected on her incredible triumph.

Mirra Andreeva reflects on her Roland Garros triumph

Speaking in her pre-Wimbledon press conference, Andreeva said: ‘Well, I think mentally I’ve improved since the beginning of Roland Garros, especially by the middle of the tournament.

“Obviously, at the start, I was very, very nervous and a little bit all over the place with my emotions.”

The only set Andreeva dropped at the French Open came in her second-round clash with Marina Bassols Ribera, who took the opener 6-3.

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Andreeva continued: “After that, somehow I was able to really put my focus on what I had to do.

“I think that’s what I’m going to try to take from Paris into here – that no matter what happens, I’m just going to try to focus on every single point that’s ahead of me.

“What happened has happened; it’s in the past. I’m just going to try to focus on every single point that I have to play.”

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Discussing her post-Roland Garros experience, Andreeva said: “Obviously the feelings I experienced after winning for the first day and the couple of days after that were incredible. I really want to try to experience them again.

“So that’s kind of a little addiction that I think a lot of players have after winning. That’s going to be my goal – to try to repeat that and experience those feelings again.”

Asked if she is ready to replicate her Roland Garros heroics at Wimbledon, Andreeva said: “I will try.

“I’m not going to set any expectations for myself because I feel like when I do that, sometimes it kind of goes downhill.

“I’m just going to try to keep my focus on how I’m going to play in every match that I get to play here.”

Andreeva will take on 34-year-old Magda Linette in her first-round match at Wimbledon.