Polish qualifier Chwalinska downs Parry to continue dream run at Roland Garros

[p]The world number 114 ended French interest in the singles at Roland Garros by seeing off home [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/parry-diane/hQQLzcNT/"]hope Parry[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/chwalinska-m-OIxOD54s/parry-d-hQQLzcNT/?mid=nVQtBlHc"]6-3, 6-2 on Court Philippe Chatrier.[/a][/p][p][b]"I didn't expect it for sure, coming in starting the tournament. I'm just very, very grateful to be here," [/b]said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chwalinska-maja/OIxOD54s/"]Chwalinska[/a].[/p][p]The 24-year-old Chwalinska had only won one match in her two previous Grand Slam appearances, at Wimbledon in 2022.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="b3912e31-4fb4-4d15-a88d-6dbb9ff1953b" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="476c5ad0-6ce5-41ab-92cf-6a5196cd7bee" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]But she will now face Russian 22nd seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kalinskaya-anna/KGdcQnEf/"]Anna Kalinskaya[/a] on Wednesday for a place in the French Open semi-finals.[/p][p][b]"She's one of the top players in the world. No one knows me, to be honest, so definitely a very challenging one, like every match here,"[/b] added Chwalinska of facing Kalinskaya.[/p][p]It is the first time a qualifier has reached the women's quarter-finals in Paris since [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trevisan-martina/KQGnhml2/"]Martina Trevisan[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/podoroska-nadia/OKBlwX8r/"]Nadia Podoroska[/a] both achieved the feat in 2020.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/wta-singles/french-open/"]Follow the women's side at Roland Garros here.[/a][/b][/p]