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Qualifier Chwaliňska advances to Roland Garros semifinals

Polish tennis player Maja Chwaliňska continues her surprising run at Roland Garros. On Wednesday, June 3, 2026, the qualifier reached the singles semifinals after defeating Russia's Anna Kalinskaya 7:6, 6:3 in the quarterfinal on the Parisian clay. idnes.cz ↗

Chwaliňska enters the tournament as the world's 114th-ranked player and is playing in a Grand Slam main draw for only the third time. Already in the first round she eliminated Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen, kicking off a run of results that has carried her into the tournament's final four. BBC News ↗

Her progress is all the more remarkable given that she reached the main draw through qualifying. In the quarterfinal against Kalinskaya, she came through an even first set in a tiebreak and had greater control of the match in the second set. She did not allow her Russian opponent to take a single set. sport.sk ↗

Following Iga Swiatek's elimination, Chwaliňska has become Poland's unexpected representative in the tournament's closing stages. The semifinal will be the biggest match of her career so far, and another test of whether the qualifier can continue one of the most remarkable stories of this year's Roland Garros. sport.sk ↗

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