A trio of players have reached uncharted ground in the French Open women's singles, in which no previous Roland Garros champion remains.
Russian Diana Shnaider and Poland's Maja Chwalinska are into their first grand slam quarter-finals while another Russian, Anna Kalinskaya, has reached the last eight in Paris for the first time, having previously reached that stage in Melbourne in 2024.
Shnaider overcame a second set blip to battle past American Madison Keys 6-3 3-6 6-0. Chwalinska won 6-3 6-2 to put out Diane Parry, the last Frenchwoman in the event. In the closest match Kalinskaya beat Anastasia Potapova 6-4 2-6 7-6 (10-7).
Shnaider, a 22-year-old left-hander, had lost her three previous meetings with Keys but this was their first meeting on clay.
Neither player was able to hold serve for the first four games but Shnaider, seeded 25th, six behind Keys, then did so to establish an advantage she retained.
