No. 22 seed Anna Kalinskaya edged No. 28 seed Anastasia Potapova 6-4, 2-6, 7-6[7] in a 2-hour, 49-minute fourth-round rollercoaster at Roland Garros to reach her second career Grand Slam quarterfinal.
Kalinskaya, who previously made the last eight of the 2024 Australian Open, came from 4-1 down to win the first set, and overturned a 4-1 deficit in the super-tiebreak. Potapova had also levelled the third set after trailing 4-1, but was unable to serve the match out twice at 5-4 and 6-5.
Kalinskaya advances to just the fifth clay-court quarterfinal of her career, and second on red clay following Strasbourg 2025. She improves to 3-0 overall against Potapova, and will face either home hope Diane Parry or qualifier Maja Chwalinska as she bids to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal.
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