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If you want more of Coach Calv\u2019s expertise, you can find it here<\/a> \u2013 during slams, every day. But don\u2019t tell anyone that\u2019s where all my insight comes from.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.01 EDT<\/p>\n On which point, he and Svajda are level at 3-3 in the third, while Potapova has broken Kalinskaya, who\u2019s barely done anything since being handed the first set \u2013 I think she might have hurt something, as she disappeared between sets and is stretching her arms off between points. But she makes 15-40, nails a decent return, and backs it up with a forehand that\u2019s good enough to secure the game for 1-1 in the decider. As per the below, I doubt we\u2019ve seen the last of the dropped serves in this set.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cGreat for the game, great lad, great fun, very charismatic,\u201d says Coach Calv of Cobolli. \u201cVery, very, very fast, plenty of flair, great shotmaker.\u201d<\/p>\n Probably one of various I\u2019d reckoned wouldn\u2019t quite get good enough to win a major, but he\u2019s absolutely a threat her. I quite fancy him to win his bit of the draw \u2013 if I\u2019m picking a top-half finalist, I\u2019m going for his clay-court expertise over the superior serve of Berrettini and the power of Auger-Aliassime.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Potapova has dominated the second set as she did the first half of the first, breaking again then serving out, and at 4-6 6-2, she and Kalinskaya will shortly begin a decider.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I don\u2019t imagine you\u2019ll be surprised to learn that Cobolli has broken Svajda back immediately and, in the time it takes me to write the words which follow, he adds a hold; he knows he\u2019s going to win this match. And, with Auger-Aliassime or Tabilo awaiting in the last eight, then one of Tiafoe, Arnaldi, Cerundolo Jr and Berrettini in the last four, he\u2019s a very serious chance of reaching the final.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Svajda makes 0-30 then, offered a floaty ball on the forehand, he gives it the treatment, punishing a winner to raise three break points. And he only needs one, leaping out wide to batter a backhand return cross-court for a clean winner; great shot. Cobolli, who might\u2019ve lost focus after sealing a two-set advantage, leads 6-2 6-3 0-1.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cobolli holds for 6-2 5-3 then, while Kalinskaya forces Potapova through deuce for her hold at 6-4 2-3, he breaks to love, sealing the second set with a forehand winner down the line. He leads 6-2 6-3, while Potapova secures a crucial game, unloading from the back then saluting the crowd. She\u2019s dominating now, but can she hold her nerve and close out?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Just as Svajda is asking question he finds himself two break-points down at 2-6 3-3 \u2026 and floats a tame forehand long. Cobolli leads by a set and a break, the difference between the two not just power but consistency.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Solidarity with Potapova:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n She trails Kalinskaya 4-6 3-1, the better player again, and I\u2019m guessing we\u2019ll end up with a decider featuring various breaks of serve as both players feel the weight of the occasion.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Harri Heliovaara & Henry Patten (2) beat Andr\u00e9 G\u00f6ransson & Evan King 6-3 6-4<\/p>\n Ominous stuff from Heliovaara\/Patten, who\u2019ll face Krawietz\/Putz or Balaji\/Demoliner in the last eight.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A glorious backhand from Svajda, oblique and cross-court, breaking the sideline, earns him break point, and though Cobolli then makes deuce, he soon forces another \u2026 confiscated by a forehand to the corner. But one that drops long immediately offers another opportunity, again eradicated, and from there, he secures his hold for 6-2 2-2, Potapova also holding to trail Kalinskaya 4-6 2-0. After a sudden deterioration that cost her the first set, she\u2019s back playing well now \u2013 but that fading under pressure won\u2019t have been forgotten by either player.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Potapova, having lost five games in a row, makes advantage on the Kalinskaya serve, a pair of backhands, one cross then another down the line, seizing the break to trail 4-6 1-0. Neither player is really at it here, meaning the match is there for whichever of them can stay composed.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n On Chatrier, Svajda is improving, surviving to break points for lead 2-1 in set two, having lost the first 6-2. If he can attack Cobolli\u2019s second serve and backhand, he might yet make an impression in this match.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A succession of oversights from both players take us to deuce, before a really poor forehand from Potapova, wiping wide with plenty at which to aim, means advantage and set point for Kalinskaya .. quickly converted when her chuntering opponent nets a backhand. I can\u2019t say she had to do all that much other than keep the ball in court, but she leads 6-4.<\/p>\n Austria’s Anastasia Potapova in action. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.06 EDT<\/p>\n Kaalinskaya holds for 5-4, so Potapova, who\u2019s now lost four games on the bounce and with them a double break, must gather herself \u2013 not necessarily easy for a player who doesn\u2019t love pressure. Sure enough, she\u2019s soon down 0-30, her diminishing confidence a more active factor than Kalinskaya\u2019s improvement.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.02 EDT<\/p>\n Kalinskaya has settled, breaking Potapova to love having hinted she was ready to take control for the previous 10 minutes. The first set is now level at 4-4 while, on Chatrier, Cobolli serves out for a 6-2 set against Svajda.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cobolli gets his second break for 5-2 and, let\u2019s be real, Svajda doesn\u2019t have anything for him. I fear his height \u2013 he can\u2019t be much more than 5\u201d9 \u2013 might hinder him at the very top level, denying him the free points on serve and coverage at the net that support the games of the best, but he\u2019s a terrific all-round talent with a forehand good enough to define points, repeatedly.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.51 EDT<\/p>\n Potapova, meanwhile, leads Kalinskaya 4-2, and on Mathieu, it\u2019s been a good morning \u2013 so far \u2013 for Coach Calv, the brains of this blog. Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten, Calv\u2019s charge and no 2 seeds in the men\u2019s doubles, lead Goransson & King 6-3 1-0 with a break. They\u2019re in fearsomely good nick.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cobolli is all over Svajda, up 4-2 and threatening a second break, his forehand dominating and his speed about the court matching his opponent\u2019s biggest strength.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n We\u2019ve had an early break in both early matches, Cobolli up 3-2 on Svajda and Potapova leading Kalinskaya 2-1.<\/p>\n