Sabalenka Collapse, Men's SF Previews (Zverev-Mensik, Cobolli-Arnaldi) | Roland Garros 2026
6/4/202635 min
Gill Gross reacts to Aryna Sabalenka's crashout, then breaks down Wednesday's quarterfinals; Flavio Cobolli beating Felix Auger-Aliassime and Matteo Arnaldi advancing via retirement against Matteo Berrettini. We'll finish up with a preview of the men's semifinals, including Alexander Zverev vs. Jakub Mensik.
0:00 Intro
0:45 Sabalenka Collpase
4:18 Cobolli def. FAA
15:30 Arnaldi def. Berrettini
19:00 Zverev Mensik Preview
29:00 Cobolli Arnaldi Preview
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsGil Gross· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hey, everyone. Gil Gross here, and it is time for the Roland-Garros 2026 quarterfinal show. We'll talk about today's results on this Wednesday, look ahead to the last four. On the men's side, it will be Zverev taking on Jakub Menšík, and it will be an all-Italian semifinal, Flavio Cobolli versus Matteo Arnaldi, both of them victorious today. But I do wanna start, I'm compelled to start with what will be the most talked about story from today, which is the collapse of Aryna Sabalenka from up a set in 4-1 after serving for the match and a spot in the semifinals. She loses 10 straight games, drops the second set 7-5, loses the third set 6-0 against Diana Shnaider, a player whose ball striking is absolutely sweet. I think at face value, Shnaider in a major semifinal, not surprising. She's awesome, and I've never seen her move her feet so well like she did down the stretch of this match in very windy conditions where footwork ends up being at a huge premium. I thought Shnaider's ability to get in position to, uh, to play, to, to hit the ball was outstanding. But for Sabalenka, let me start with what she said after the match. She said, "Mentally, I couldn't recover from the second set. I don't know when was the last time that I lost 10 games in a row. Mentally,