{"id":712637,"date":"2026-06-03T16:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/712637\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:54:08","slug":"sabalenka-the-latest-french-open-shock-exit-as-shnaider-wins-quarterfinal-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/712637\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabalenka the latest French Open shock exit as Shnaider wins quarterfinal | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka knocked out of the French Open by quarterfinal defeat to Diana Shnaider at Roland-Garros.<\/p>\n

Published On 3 Jun 20263 Jun 2026<\/p>\n

Aryna Sabalenka\u2019s bid for a first French Open title has been left in tatters after she fell apart in a bizarre defeat by Russian 25th seed Diana Shnaider in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

The world number one led by a set and a double break before exiting the tournament on Wednesday in a blaze of unforced errors, collapsing to a 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 loss in blustery conditions on Court Philippe-Chatrier.<\/p>\n

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Shnaider will face Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska in the semifinals on Thursday, with Marta Kostyuk or Mirra Andreeva awaiting the winner in Sunday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell honestly, I\u2019m speechless, I\u2019m super happy. Obviously tough conditions with the wind,\u201d said the 22-year-old Shnaider after beating a top-10 player for only the second time in her career.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst time playing Aryna, so definitely a lot of nerves, and I feel the first set was trying to adjust to her game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sabalenka was the only Grand Slam champion left in either the men\u2019s or women\u2019s singles draws at Roland-Garros, but belied that status by making a whopping 57 unforced errors.<\/p>\n

Shnaider was playing in her first major quarterfinal, but now finds herself a strong favourite to reach the final heading into her last-four tie against world number 114 and fellow left-hander Chwalinska.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely super happy I managed to finish on a good note rather than start on a good note. Definitely a special tournament for me here,\u201d added the Russian.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going be a lefty battle, so I\u2019m looking forward [to the semifinal].\u201d<\/p>\n

Sabalenka\u2019s scarcely believable defeat was reminiscent of the way she threw away a strong position in last year\u2019s final against Coco Gauff.<\/p>\n

The Belarusian was playing in her 14th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal, but failed to become the first woman to make seven straight major semis since Serena Williams.<\/p>\n

\"DianaDiana Shnaider celebrates winning match point against Aryna Sabalenka [Dan Istitene\/Getty Images]<\/p>\n

The top seed raced into a 5-1 lead and eventually sealed the opener on her third set point after initially failing to serve it out.<\/p>\n

The second set followed a similar pattern at first, as Sabalenka moved 4-1 in front with a double break before throwing away her next service game.<\/p>\n

Sabalenka became increasingly frustrated as she gifted Shnaider three break points to level at 4-4.<\/p>\n

After some animated remonstrating with her box, she recomposed herself enough to hold.<\/p>\n

But the 28-year-old\u2019s game continued to come apart, as a string of unforced errors allowed Shnaider to break again and tie up the set at 5-5, with Sabalenka left to gesticulate wildly towards her coaching staff.<\/p>\n

Shnaider could not believe her luck as Sabalenka dumped successive forehands into the bottom of the net to finish off the set and send the match into a decider.<\/p>\n

The Russian grew in confidence and moved 2-0 up in the third as Sabalenka sprayed eight unforced errors around Chatrier in the space of two games.<\/p>\n

Shnaider cruised to victory from there, fittingly securing a semifinal berth when Sabalenka knocked a routine backhand into the net on the third match point.<\/p>\n

A stunned world number one was left to trudge off court after winning just 14 points in the deciding set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka knocked out of the French Open by quarterfinal defeat to Diana Shnaider at Roland-Garros. Published…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[38128,49,48,3456,637,44,6639,457,82,593],"class_list":["post-712637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-belarus","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-news","tag-russia","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}