Chwalinska beats last French hope Parry to reach quarter-finals

Diane Parry, the last Frenchwoman standing in the French Open singles, was knocked out on Monday by Poland's Maja Chwalinska, who won 6-3 6-2 to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final.

Parry, who stunned world number six Amanda Anisimova in the third round, was outmanoeuvred in her maiden fourth-round appearance at a Grand Slam by Chwalinska.

The 24-year-old qualifier troubled the home favourite with a mix of slices, drop shots and clever variations on Court Philippe Chatrier.

"It's my game, it's pretty natural for me to play drop shots," Chwalinska said on the court.

Chwalinska, ranked 114th in the world, is the first qualifier to reach the women's French Open quarter-finals since 2020.

She will next face Anna Kalinskaya, who reached her maiden French Open quarter-final with a 6-4 2-6 7-6(10-7) win over 28th seed Anastasia Potapova, marking only the second time the Russian has entered that stage of a Grand Slam.

Elsewhere, Russia's Diana Shnaider overcame a second set blip to battle past American Madison Keys 6-3 3-6 6-0 and advance to her maiden Grand Slam quarter-final.

The 22-year-old left-hander, seeded 25th, had to recover from a second-set concentration lapse before dishing out a bagel with her heavy top-spin forehand, to book a last-eight spot either against top seed Aryna Sabalenka or former world number one Naomi Osaka.

In the men's competition, tenth-seed Flavio Cobolli dropped his first set of the tournament but beat unseeded American Zachary Svajda 6-2 6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(5) to book his spot in the last eight.

The 24-year-old Italian has reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the second time after last year's run to the last eight at Wimbledon.

He was the only player left in the draw in Paris not to have dropped a set going into the fourth round.

The world number 14 will next face fourth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime or Alejandro Tabilo of Chile