How Mirra Andreeva channelled her inner Roger Federer on her way to maiden French Open crown

The Russian dropped just one set en route to her maiden Grand Slam title, defeating Pole Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 in the showpiece match.

Andreeva became the first Russian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title since Maria Sharapova triumphed at the 2014 French Open.

Just four weeks earlier, she had reached the Madrid Open final before losing to Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk.

The newly-crowned Grand Slam champion has now revealed that, following her defeat in the Spanish capital, she turned to Federer's matches for inspiration on how to conduct herself on court.

"I would not say that there was a big reset or something I decided to switch completely or to change the approach for matches," said Andreeva during her post-match press conference.

"There was nothing like this, I just decided, like my psychologist says you can always choose how you are going to be on the court and how you are going to play and who you are going to be as a person as well.

"I just decided to choose to be a fighter and I also felt like I watched a lot of Roger [Federer's] matches here. I am not going to have the same aura ever.

"Nobody is going to have the same aura. But I really wanted to try and impersonate the way he behaves a little bit on the court, because I love watching him on the court when he used to play.

"Maybe that helped me a little bit, because I really wanted to look good on the court and not be frustrated or be not happy with how I played.

"Also for the people it's nice to watch how players try their best and fight and compete so I just felt that was what I wanted to do. That's what I was focusing on."

Federer is a former French Open champion, having lifted the trophy in 2009 with a victory over Robin Soderling in the final.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in tennis history, the Swiss won 20 Grand Slam singles titles and completed the Career Grand Slam with his triumph in Paris

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