Roland Garros 2026 brings big surprises in the quarterfinals. World number one Aryna Sabalenka bids farewell to the tournament after an incredible upset by Russian Diana Shnaider.

The Belarusian tennis player had taken complete control of the match, winning the first set 6-3 and leading 5-3 in the second. But at the decisive moment there was a sudden decline in her game. Shnaider took advantage of the situation, won ten games in a row and overturned everything to triumph with the score 3-6, 7-5, 6-0. For the Russian tennis player, it is the first qualification to the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament, where she will now face the Polish Maja Chwalinska.

Meanwhile, Matteo Berrettini's adventure in Paris ends in the most painful way. The Italian tennis player was forced to withdraw due to a physical problem during his quarterfinal match against Matteo Arnaldi.

Berrettini started the match at a high pace, immediately taking a 3-0 lead. However, Arnaldi reacted, recovered the disadvantage and managed to win the first set with a score of 7-5. In the second set, the tennis player from Liguria took control of the game and broke away at 5-2, while Berrettini, after the intervention of the medical staff and several attempts to continue, was forced to stop the match.

Thus continues the extraordinary journey of Matteo Arnaldi, who arrived at Roland Garros as number 104 in the ATP rankings and is now just one step away from the final. In the semifinals he will face compatriot Flavio Cobolli, guaranteeing the presence of an Italian tennis player in the final of the Parisian tournament. Cobolli, for his part, defeated one of his rivals for the title, the Canadian Auger Aliassime, triumphing in 4 sets 6-4; 4-6; 4-6 and 4-6, in a match that lasted 3 hours and 26 minutes.