{"id":16536,"date":"2026-06-04T02:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/major-upset-world-no-1-aryna-sabalenka-crashes-out-of-french-open-2026-after-losing-to-diana-shnaider-in-quarterfinals-tennis-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T02:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:10:08","slug":"major-upset-world-no-1-aryna-sabalenka-crashes-out-of-french-open-2026-after-losing-to-diana-shnaider-in-quarterfinals-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/major-upset-world-no-1-aryna-sabalenka-crashes-out-of-french-open-2026-after-losing-to-diana-shnaider-in-quarterfinals-tennis-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Major upset! World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka crashes out of French Open 2026 after losing to Diana Shnaider in quarterfinals | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131485990,imgsize-100974,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/french-open-tennis.jpg\" alt=\"Major upset! World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka crashes out of French Open 2026 after losing to Diana Shnaider in quarterfinals\" title=\"Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus (AP Photo\/Aurelien Morissard)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus (AP Photo\/Aurelien Morissard)\">Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus (AP Photo\/Aurelien Morissard)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/french-open\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">French Open<\/a> witnessed a major upset on Wednesday as world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka crashed out in dramatic fashion against Diana Shnaider. Despite being in complete control for much of the match, Sabalenka squandered a set lead and a double-break advantage before losing 3-6, 7-5, 6-0.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The four-time Grand Slam champion looked set for a place in the semifinals when she led 4-1 in the second set and later served for the match at 5-4. However, Shnaider, playing in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, mounted a stunning comeback and completely dominated the deciding set.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>As the match slipped away, Sabalenka&#8217;s frustration became evident. In the third set, she screamed loudly after losing a point that left her trailing 0-30 in a game. <!-- -->Although she managed to save two match points, the Belarusian eventually bowed out after hitting a shot into the net.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The defeat was reminiscent of last year&#8217;s French Open final, where Sabalenka also struggled under pressure before losing to Coco Gauff.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>For Shnaider, the victory marks the biggest win of her career and secures a memorable spot in the semifinals at Roland Garros.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Earlier in the day, unseeded Polish player Maja Chwalinska continued her dream run by defeating 22nd seed Anna Kalinskaya 7-6 (3), 6-3 to reach the semifinals.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Chwalinska, who came through three qualifying rounds just to enter the main draw, became only the second Polish woman after Iga Swiatek to reach the French Open semifinals.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The 24-year-old struggled to believe her achievement after the win.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>\u201cI honestly don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on. Every single match here is kind of crazy for me,\u201d she said. \u201cI was definitely nervous. I&#8217;m stressed of course but I try and focus on my job, on my game.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Chwalinska, who had never gone beyond the second round of a Grand Slam before this tournament, added: \u201cI&#8217;m playing against the best players in the world. I won&#8217;t compare myself to them.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>Her remarkable journey now continues into the final four.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/tennis\/top-stories\/major-upset-world-no-1-aryna-sabalenka-crashes-out-of-french-open-2026-after-losing-to-diana-shnaider-in-quarterfinals\/articleshow\/131485992.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus (AP Photo\/Aurelien Morissard) French Open witnessed a major upset on Wednesday as world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka crashed out in dramatic fashion against Diana Shnaider. Despite being in complete control for much of the match, Sabalenka squandered a set lead and a double-break advantage before losing 3-6, 7-5, 6-0.The four-time Grand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}