Mirra Andreeva left mortified by French Open trophy blunder

Mirra Andreeva had more trouble lifting the trophy at Roland Garros than she did with opponent Maja Chwalinska on Sunday morning.The 19-year-old became the youngest women’s champion at Roland Garros in 34 years with a dominant 6-3, 6-2 victory over the Polish qualifier in the final.Andreeva was all class throughout the match and was a popular champ despite competing under a neutral flag as a Russian player.The only time she came unstuck was following the official trophy presentations when she appeared to pose with the Suzanne Lenglen Cup in the wrong spot.With photographers all over the world camped to get the perfect photo of Andreeva with the trophy in front of the Court Philippe-Chatrier signage, Andreeva looked mortified when realizing she was standing in the wrong spot.With a sheepish grimace on her face, Andreeva finally got to lift the silverware for a second time after taking a few steps to her right.Andreeva said winning her first Grand Slam title was “so much better” than she had imagined and that she wants to add to her tally as soon as possible.Andreeva, who will climb to sixth in the WTA rankings on Monday, is not planning to rest on her laurels ahead of the grass-court season and Wimbledon, where she lost in the quarter-finals last year.“These feelings are something extra special,” said the triumphant eighth seed.“And honestly, now I’m already thinking of how I’m going to prepare for the grass season, how I’m going to play grass tournaments.“And I feel like this thing is a little bit addicting.And I really want to do my best to experience all of this for the second time.” Stay up on the very latest with Evening Update.

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