June 6 (UPI) — Mirra Andreeva morphed Roland Garros’ red brick dust into quicksand for a drained Maja Chwalinska en route to a straight-sets victory in Saturday’s 2026 French Open women’s singles final.

The 6-3, 6-2 triumph gave the No. 8 Russian her first Grand Slam title in her maiden major final appearance. Andreeva clinched the Coupe Suzanne-Lenglen and a $3.2 million first-place prize with a backhand winner into the right corner of Court Philippe-Chatrier.

“I’ve been watching Roland Garros on TV since I was very, very young,” Andreeva said on the TNT broadcast. “It was a big dream of mine to win this tournament.I honestly can’t believe I’m holding this trophy right now.”

Andreeva, 19, edged her 24-year-old Polish foe 25-10 in winners and converted 7 of 12 break point opportunities in the 88-minute match. She became the 12th teenager to win the women’s singles title in Paris. Andreeva dropped just one set through her seven matches at Roland Garros.

She praised her team for their efforts and called Chwalinska “a tricky opponent.” Andreeva, who spent eight hours and 14 minutes on the courts at the French Open entering Saturday, appeared more energetic from start to finish in the finale.

She used her strong serve, moon balls and speed to tire and challenge Chwalinska, who played two qualifiers and totaled 15 hours, 44 minutes of court time entering the match.

“I want to thank myself for believing in myself, always giving 100%, even when it’s tough,” Andreeva said. “Trying every day to be better as a person and as a player. Believing that I can do this, fighting so many demons inside of me.

Only I know how tough it was for me and how nervous I was through these two weeks. Thanks to myself for working so hard and giving my best.”

Chwalinska, lowest ranked (No. 114) women’s finalist ever at the French Open, will rise 93 spots — to No. 21 — in the WTA rankings thanks to her run at Roland Garros. She took home a second-place prize of $1.6 million.

“I wish you could see a better match today, but Mirra was just too good for me,” Chwalinska said. “I guess it’s her fault. I tried my best, I’m sorry. I will definitely not forget these three weeks.

“Paris will stay forever in my heart.”

The match started with four consecutive breaks of serve. The left-handed Chwalinska held in the fifth game for what proved to be her only lead of the match. Andreeva responded with nine consecutive game victories. She broke Chwalinska four times during that stretch, including for set point.

Chwalinska, known for her court coverage and creative shot selection, fended off Andreeva with a hold in the sixth game of the second set. She then broke the Russian for her second consecutive game point. But Andreeva pulled through on her final return, ripping her 93-mph backhander for championship point.

Andreeva will will climb to No. 6 in the WTA singles rankings due to her victory.

No. 3 Alexander Zverev of Germany will play No. 14 Flavio Cobolli of Italy in the 2026 French Open men’s singles final at 9 a.m. EDT Sunday in Paris. That finale also will air on TNT and truTV.