Australian Open | First Grand Slam quarter-final for Anna Kalinskaya

(Melbourne) Russian Anna Kalinskaya (75^e) was invited for the first time to the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam at the Australian Open at the expense of the Italian Jasmine Paolini (31^e) 6-4, 6-2 Monday.

Kalinskaya had never gone beyond the second round at a Grand Slam before the Australian fortnight.

The 25-year-old Russian will face either the Chinese Qinwen Zheng, world No.15, or the French Océane Dodin (95^e), opposed later Monday.

In the same half of the table, the other two qualified for the quarter-finals, the Czech Linda Noskova (50^e) and Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska (93^e), are also newcomers.