Anna Kalinskaya back on form? Madison Keys vanquished as second seed falls at Charleston Open

Anna Kalinskaya has shown signs that perhaps she is returning to some form after taking down Madison Keys at the 2025 Charleston Open to reach the Quarter-Finals in her first top 10 win of 2025 6-2, 6-4.

Kalinskaya has had a long road since reaching the final of Dubai and Berlin last season as well as having Grand Slam latter stage success. She has had to wrangle with the spotlight that came with dating Jannik Sinner, the current men's World Number One.

As well as the injuries and illness which have beset her game and have seen her become a bit of a question mark as to whether she will play no mind compete in the latter stages of tournaments. But it is evident that when she is on form, she is a top level player.

She showed that again today against Madison Keys who has struggled since winning the Australian Open but also has fresh expectations and also didn't play much after Melbourne which perhaps was a bit of a problem.

Hitting cleanly and showing promising form, Kalinskaya saw off her good friend and occasional doubles partner in Caty McNally last round and now has defeated Keys. The latter was clearly left frustrated as she made critical errors at the wrong times during Set Two.

Kalinskaya kept the pressure up the whole match and targeted the left hand side in particular which seemed to be easy pickings for the Russian to gain points and the impetus. Next up she faces the winner of Daria Kasatkina, also a good friend having been a regular part of her vlog series.

Or it will be Sofia Kenin who saw off Belinda Bencic last round and is looking good so far this week. Likely Amanda Anisimova or Emma Navarro could await her in the semi-finals.