Qualifying to the semifinals: that’s eight successive wins so far in this fairytale run.
“I just try to win every match that I’m playing. I’m not focusing on confidence,” Chwalinska said. I’m playing against the best players in the world, so I won’t compare myself to them.”
The Pole, who fell in qualifying in 2021, 2023 and 2025 at Roland-Garros, bounced back from an instant break on Wednesday with front-foot, assertive play.
The left-hander constructed perfect clay-court points with vicious skidding slice and angled drives off the forehand to race 5-1 up but world No.24 Kalinskaya proved her class to prevent her opponent serving out the opener twice.