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Shock Exit for World No. 1 Sabalenka at Roland-Garros

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka suffered a shocking quarterfinal exit at Roland-Garros, losing to Russia's Diana Shnaider after a dramatic on-court collapse.

Top seed Aryna Sabalenka saw her dreams of a first Paris title crushed in the quarterfinals by Diana Shnaider. Sabalenka won the first set and even held two breaks in the second set before experiencing a total sporting collapse. syntagm.co.za

Shnaider capitalized on the sudden shift in momentum, taking the match with a final score of 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 to advance past the heavily favored world number one.