French Open Day 14 - Andreeva’s dream comes true
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Catherine, David and Matt react to Mirra Andreeva’s 6-3 6-2 win over qualifier Maja Chwalinska in the Roland Garros final.
Part one - We discuss Andreeva’s journey to becoming a Grand Slam champion, the role of coach Conchita Martinez, how Andreeva dealt with the occasion and elevated her game to win the final, and what the future might hold for Chwalinska.
Part two (33:17) - We run through the day’s wheelchair, doubles and junior finals.
Part three (42:04) - Men’s final preview. Can Flavio Cobolli give this tournament one last upset against Alexander Zverev?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast on women's finals day at the 2026 French Open, a day |
| 0:17.8 | that has seen 19-year-old Mira and Draver crowned a grand slam champion for the first |
| 0:24.3 | time. She beat qualifier, Mike Flinska, 6362. And if Matt sounds at all down about this turn of |
| 0:31.3 | events, it's because he's just had the microphone rudely yanked out of his hand by Mira and |
| 0:36.3 | Draver in a Conchita Martinez press conference. |
| 0:40.9 | Yeah, it's okay. It went better than that sounds, I would say. I still managed to get my question in. |
| 0:48.5 | And it was one of those things I could see happening in slow motion. I had the microphone in my hand, ready for the last question in English. |
| 0:56.1 | And Draver giddily entered the room and I thought, oh no, I'm going to be involved in some kind |
| 1:00.8 | of exchange, some sort of content potentially, didn't want any of that. But it was okay. She asked |
| 1:06.8 | her a question. I got the chance to ask mine and everyone's happy. I'm not quite as happy as |
| 1:12.5 | Mirro and Draver then. I so recognise the look on Matt's face which was I'm about to become content |
| 1:18.0 | against my will. Yes. I've given it to me a lot. You're going to be on tennis TV, bro. |
| 1:24.8 | Yeah, that was the energy. But no, it was a, it was a lovely moment and Matt was a lovely cameo in it. |
| 1:31.2 | I certainly got a lot of fun from it. |
| 1:36.1 | In Mira and Dravers press conference, David, she said a lot of lovely things. |
| 1:40.0 | But one of the things that stuck with me was what she said in, I think, her first answer actually |
| 1:45.0 | to you, or certainly the answer to the first question from the floor. There was an opening one |
| 1:50.4 | from the moderator, but she said, this feels better than I even dreamed. And I thought, this is a |
| 1:57.4 | fourth French Open. So, okay, that's not a long time coming, but it's not come out of the blue. |
| 2:03.5 | She's had time to build up to this and figure out what it means and how hard it is and put herself in a place to really process and enjoy this. |
| 2:12.8 | But it's not been so long a quest or struggle that all she can fear is relief. We see that a lot in Grand Slam |
| 2:19.4 | champions, don't we? Where the overwhelming feeling is just one of relief and exhaustion. It felt |
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