Andreeva’s Mirraculous run continues in French Open!

An ecstatic Mirra Andreeva after beating Marta Kostyuk in the French Open semi-finals on Thursday. Pic/AFP

Mirra Andreeva raced into her first Grand Slam final as she beat an erratic Marta Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3 at the French Open on Thursday.

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 Saturday's final.

"I'm still very, very nervous. I was very nervous coming into this match," said eighth-seeded Andreeva on court at the end.

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.

Yet, on Thursday, 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.

She led 0-40 in Andreeva's first service game but a combination of Kostyuk errors on high-risk strokes and the Russian's steadier defence allowed Andreeva to recover to consolidate the break.

The pattern persisted as Andreeva grabbed the initiative to win through the 34-minute set.

Kostyuk had a break point in the first game of the second set but could not take it.

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.

"She's had an amazing season," said Andreeva of Kostyuk. "She's an amazing player, very tough opponent," she added.

"I'm super happy with the way I played and then that I got revenge for Madrid final and I'm happy that I'm in my first-ever Grand Slam final.

"All of these feelings combined it's amazing. I've never felt anything like this before."

First
Mirra Andreeva had never qualified for a Grand Slam final prior to Thursday

19 yrs
Mirra Andreeva's age; she's the third youngest woman to reach the French Open final in the 21st century

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