ARGENTINA PERSPECTIVE

Buenos Aires approaches Roland-Garros through its favorite angle: the cascade of upsets. Clarín leads with 'Bombshell at Roland Garros: Russia's Shnaider, world #25, took down world #1 Sabalenka and reached the semifinals'. The word 'bombazo' — explosion, sensation — sums up the Argentine angle. Coverage recalls that Shnaider, who had won only two matches in the tournament before this year, qualified for the semifinals by surprising Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka, last year's finalist and world #1, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0. The world #23 will face for a final spot the world #114, Poland's Maja Chwalinska, who came from the qualifying rounds to the semis after beating Russia's Anna Kalinskaya 7-6(3) and 6-3. La Nación goes further in analysis: 'In an extremely unpredictable Roland Garros edition, a new surprise was added'. The paper underlines that this is Sabalenka's earliest Grand Slam exit in two seasons, precisely in Paris in 2024. Finalist in Paris in 2025, the Paris title continues to elude her. Next Saturday there will be a new Grand Slam champion, since neither Shnaider, nor Chwalinska, nor the bottom-half contenders Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk (15th) and Russia's Mirra Andreeva (8th) have ever won a major in singles. The Argentine perspective mentions explicitly the players' national status — the Ukrainian, the Russian — without making it a political drama. Not a word on the war, not a word on Russian bombings. Argentina covers sport, accepts nationalities, and stays neutral.