Two-time Grand Slam champion and second seed Elena Rybakina is eliminated at the French Open in a second-round upset. Multiple outlets report that Rybakina loses to Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva, described across sources as the tournament’s biggest upset so far. BBC and The Independent both highlight the scale of the defeat, while the India Today and Japan Times reports frame it as a shock result.
Starodubtseva’s victory comes against a top player and is noted by The Japan Times as her first win over an opponent ranked in the top five. The match outcome sends Rybakina out of the event earlier than expected.
The Independent adds that Starodubtseva’s progression takes her into the third round alongside other notable women’s singles winners already through earlier, including Elina Svitolina and Marta Kostyuk. The reports do not cite specific match statistics in the provided excerpts, but they are consistent on the key result: Rybakina, the world No. 2 and tournament seed, is knocked out by Starodubtseva in the second round.
