Anna Kalinskaya Smashes Racket in Frustration During Diana Shnaider Defeat at Canadian Open  

Anna Kalinskaya‘s run at the Canadian Open ended in a disastrous fashion. On Thursday (August 6), the Russian ace, who made her appearance in the Canadian WTA 1000 event for the third time, suffered a 6-3, 6-3 defeat at the hands of countrywoman Diana Shnaider.

En route to the defeat, Kalinskaya committed five double faults to Shnaider’s one. Clips of her losing her cool have surfaced on social media, where Kalinskaya could be seen smashing her racket violently against the cooler near the bench four times before flinging it away.

Watch the video here:

Anna is absolutely furious 😳yeah that game was a disaster, with multiple double faults pic.twitter.com/1APcXFlrWY

— til polarity's end 🎾⚡Slamdreeva era⚡⚫⚪ (@lildarkcage) August 6, 2026

Kalinskaya made her debut in the tournament in 2024 and lost in the third round. Last year as well, the 27-year-old suffered a third-round exit.

Kalinskaya has made the quarterfinals a few times in tournaments this year, but she has yet to progress to the semifinals. Before arriving in Toronto, she played at the Citi Open, where her run ended at the hands of eventual runner-up Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals.

So far in her career, Kalinskaya has made three tour-level finals, losing all. Following her defeat to Jasmine Paolini at the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships, she lost to Pegula in Berlin the same year. Last year, she was defeated by Leylah Fernandez at the Citi Open.

Shnaider has improved her head-to-head record over Kalinskaya to 1-1. This year, the only time she reached the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000 tournament was at the Qatar Open, losing the match to eventual champion Karolina Muchova.

Diana Shnaider will face Jessica Pegula in the fourth round

Diana Shnaider will be expecting a tough match in the fourth round as she will be competing against World No.3 Jessica Pegula. The American ace holds a 4-0 head-to-head lead over the Russian ace, also defeating her in the quarterfinals of the Charleston Open and the semifinals of the Citi Open this year. Before scheduling the match against Shnaider, Pegula breezed past Kamilla Rakhimova.

Before starting her campaign in North America, Pegula reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, where Coco Gauff beat her in three sets. Unlike other top players, Pegula chose to play the WTA 500 event in Washington instead of resting before the big events.

I played DC because I was only at three of my six mandatories for my for the 500s, and I just felt like I like that tournament I’ve had good results there, and I felt like my best chance to put another 500 on the calendar. I would much rather travel in the US than maybe try to make it up somewhere else. So that was really the initial reason. I would have loved to have some more time at home, but it just didn’t work out that way.

Jessica Pegula said at the press conference

Pegula also admitted that she had pretty low expectations while playing. But despite that mindset, she reached the final and lost to Alexandra Eala.

I didn’t have the most amazing prep, but I think sometimes those weeks are really good because you realize that you don’t really need sometimes a ton of practice and a ton of work to go in and still have good results. I feel like I’ve had to learn over my career that sometimes less is more and that I know how to play tennis and I know my game and I know what I have to do well, and sometimes things don’t work out the way you want to. 

Jessica Pegula added

The win made Eala the first Filipina to win a tour-level title. Eala also improved her head-to-head record over the 2024 US Open runner-up to 1-1.

Also read: Andrea Petkovic Explains Why Alexandra Eala Reminds Her of Jannik Sinner: “She’s So Emotionally Stable”